18-letter words containing s, h, a, d

sound spectrograph — an electronic device for recording a sound spectogram.
southampton island — an island in N Canada, in the Northwest Territories at the entrance to Hudson Bay. 19,100 sq. mi. (49,470 sq. km).
southern rhodesian — a former name (until 1964) of Zimbabwe (def 1).
sow dragon's teeth — to take some action that is intended to prevent strife or trouble but that actually brings it about
spotted flycatcher — a European woodland songbird, Muscicapa striata, with a greyish-brown streaked plumage: family Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers)
standard schnauzer — schnauzer.
stomach sweetbread — sweetbread (def 1).
strathclyde region — a former local government region in W Scotland: formed in 1975 from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, and parts of Argyllshire, Ayrshire, and Stirlingshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire
study hall teacher — a teacher who supervises or helps students during a period of time or lesson used for studying
submarine sandwich — a sandwich made with a long cylindrical bread roll
sulfuric anhydride — sulfur trioxide.
sutton-in-ashfield — a market town in N central England, in W Nottinghamshire. Pop: 41 951 (2001)
swedish gymnastics — a system of passive and active exercising of muscles and joints
swollen-headedness — the quality of being conceited
take sth in stride — If you take a problem or difficulty in stride, you deal with it calmly and easily.
tan someone's hide — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
temporary hardness — hardness of water due to the presence of magnesium and calcium hydrogencarbonates, which can be precipitated as carbonates by boiling
the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
the black and tans — a specially recruited armed auxiliary police force sent to Ireland in 1921 by the British Government to combat Sinn Féin
the damage is done — If you say 'the damage is done', you mean that it is too late now to prevent the harmful effects of something that has already happened.
the dismal science — a name for economics coined by Thomas Carlyle
the first sea lord — the senior of the two serving naval officers who sits on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
the heavens opened — it started pouring with rain
the lords temporal — (in Britain) peers other than bishops in their capacity as members of the House of Lords
the middle passage — the journey across the Atlantic Ocean from the W coast of Africa to the Caribbean: the longest part of the journey of the slave ships sailing to the Caribbean or the Americas
the same old story — the familiar or regular course of events
the stars and bars — the flag of the Confederate States of America
the-master-builder — a play (1892) by Ibsen.
thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
thiosulphuric acid — an unstable acid known only in solutions and in the form of its salts. Formula: H2S2O3
thomas alva edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
threatened species — a species likely, in the near future, to become an endangered species within all or much of its range.
thrills and spills — If you refer to thrills and spills, you are referring to an experience which is exciting and full of surprises.
to be said for sth — If you say there is a lot to be said for something, you mean you think it has a lot of good qualities or aspects.
to clear the decks — If you clear the decks, you get ready to start something new by finishing any work that has to be done or getting rid of any problems that are in the way.
to cut the mustard — If someone does not cut the mustard, their work or their performance is not as good as it should be or as good as it is expected to be.
to pick and choose — If you pick and choose, you carefully choose only things that you really want and reject the others.
to sweep the board — If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win.
townsend avalanche — avalanche (def 3).
transit theodolite — a theodolite having a telescope that can be transited.
triphosphoric acid — the hypothetical acid H 5 P 3 O 10 , known chiefly by its salts.
turk's-head cactus — a cactus, Melocactus communis, of Jamaica, having needlelike spines and a cylindrical body with a tawny-red, fezlike terminal part bearing red flowers.
turn one's hand to — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
under one's breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
under the aegis of — guided or protected by
ur of the chaldees — the city where Abraham was born, sometimes identified with the Sumerian city of Ur. Gen. 11:28, 31; 15:7; Neh. 9:7.
urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
welland ship canal — a ship canal in S Canada, in Ontario, connecting Lakes Erie and Ontario: 8 locks. 25 miles (40 km) long.
wesleyan methodist — a member of any of the churches founded on the evangelical principles of John Wesley.
west-northwestward — moving, bearing, facing, or situated toward the west-northwest.

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