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16-letter words containing s, h, e, l, t

  • the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
  • the war-disabled — those people who have been disabled by war
  • the weakest link — the person who is making the least contribution to the collective achievement of a group
  • the welsh office — (formerly) a department of the British government with responsibility for Welsh policies. It was replaced by the Wales office in 1999.
  • the wheel blacks — the international wheelchair rugby football team of New Zealand
  • the yellow press — (formerly) popular newspapers publishing sensational stories
  • the-card-players — a painting (1892) by Paul Cézanne.
  • the-little-foxes — a play (1939) by Lillian Hellman.
  • thermal analysis — any analysis of materials in which properties relating to heat, such as freezing and boiling temperatures, the heat of fusion, the heat of vaporization, etc., are measured.
  • thermal constant — a quantity that is considered invariable throughout a series of calculations relating to the heat of bodies
  • thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
  • thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • this-worldliness — concern or preoccupation with worldly things and values.
  • three-toed sloth — a small sloth of the genus Bradypus, having three claws on each limb and very long forelimbs.
  • thrilled to bits — If someone is thrilled, they are extremely pleased about something.
  • thrombophlebitis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein accompanied by inflammation of the vessel wall.
  • throw oneself at — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • throw oneself on — to rely entirely upon
  • thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
  • to change places — If you change places with another person, you start being in their situation or role, and they start being in yours.
  • to let go of sth — If you let go of a feeling, attitude, or the control that you have over something, you accept that you should give it up or that it should no longer influence you.
  • to lose sight of — If you lose sight of an important aspect of something, you no longer pay attention to it because you are worrying about less important things.
  • to lose the plot — If someone loses the plot, they become confused and do not know what they should do.
  • to say the least — at the minimum
  • to see the light — If someone sees the light, they finally realize something or change their attitude or way of behaving to a better one.
  • tollhouse cookie — a crisp cookie containing bits of chocolate and sometimes chopped nuts.
  • topsail schooner — a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.
  • transmethylation — the transfer of a methyl group from one compound to another.
  • traveler's check — a check issued in any of various denominations by a bank, travel agency, etc., that is signed by the purchaser upon purchase and again, in the presence of the payee, when cashing the check or using it to pay for goods or services.
  • troop the colors — to parade the colors, or flag, before troops
  • two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
  • two-tailed pasha — a distinctive vanessid butterfly of S Europe, Charaxes jasius, having mottled brown wings with a yellow-orange margin and frilled hind edges
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • up to the elbows — deeply engaged (in work, etc.)
  • vestibule school — a school in an industrial establishment where new employees are given specific training in the jobs they are to perform.
  • walk the streets — to be a prostitute
  • walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
  • well-established — permanently founded; settled; firmly set: a well-established business; a well-established habit.
  • well-upholstered — (of a person) fat
  • white sandalwood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
  • white settlement — a town in N Texas.
  • whited sepulcher — an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matt. 23:27.
  • whited sepulchre — hypocrite
  • whole-tone scale — a scale progressing entirely by whole tones, as C, D, E, F♯, G♯, A♯, C.
  • wholeheartedness — fully or completely sincere, enthusiastic, energetic, etc.; hearty; earnest: a wholehearted attempt to comply.
  • wiener schnitzel — Viennese Cookery. a breaded veal cutlet, variously seasoned or garnished.
  • will-o'-the-wisp — ignis fatuus (def 1).
  • winchester rifle — a type of magazine rifle, first made in about 1866.
  • wish fulfillment — gratification of desires.
  • with clean hands — innocently
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