14-letter words containing s, h, e, t
- shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
- shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
- shutting stile — the stile of a door or shutter that closes against the frame of the opening.
- sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
- simplex method — a numerical method for solving problems in linear programming.
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
- sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
- six-eight time — a form of compound duple time in which there are six quaver beats to the bar, indicated by the time signature 68
- sixteenth note — a note having one sixteenth of the time value of a whole note; semiquaver.
- sixteenth rest — a rest equal in time value to a sixteenth note.
- slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
- slaughterously — murderously
- sleep together — have sex with one another
- sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
- smooth-tongued — fluent or convincing in speech; glib.
- smothered mate — checkmate delivered by a knight when the king's mobility is restricted by his own pieces.
- sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
- social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
- social charter — a declaration of the rights, minimum wages, maximum hours, etc, of workers in the European Union, later adopted in the Social Chapter
- software house — a commercial organization that specializes in the production of computer software packages
- somerset house — a building in London, in the Strand, built (1776–86) by Sir William Chambers; formerly housed the General Register Office of births, marriages, and deaths: contains (from 1990) the art collections of the Courtauld Institute
- something else — sth different
- something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- something's up — something is amiss
- sorority house — a house occupied by a college or university sorority.
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- south ayrshire — a council area of SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: comprises the S part of the historical county of Ayrshire; formerly part of Strathclyde Region (1975–96): chiefly agricultural, with fishing and tourism. Administrative centre: Ayr. Pop: 111 580 (2003 est). Area: 1202 sq km (464 sq miles)
- south el monte — a town in SW California.
- south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- south tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 151 700 (2003 est). Area: 64 sq km (25 sq miles)
- south whittier — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- south-easterly — A south-easterly point, area, or direction is to the south-east or towards the south-east.
- south-westerly — A south-westerly point, area, or direction is to the south-west or towards the south-west.
- southeast asia — the countries and land area of Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
- southeasterner — a native or inhabitant of the southeast.
- southeastwards — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southern cross — Also called Cross. Astronomy. a southern constellation between Centaurus and Musca. Compare Northern Cross.
- southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
- southern ocean — that part of the Indian Ocean south of Australia
- southern slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- southern stars — the Australian women’s national cricket team
- southern yemen — a former name of Yemen (def 1).
- southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
- southwesterner — a native or inhabitant of the southwest.
- southwestwards — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
- souvenir sheet — a single stamp or a pair, block, or set of stamps having the same or different designs commemorating a stamp exhibition or other event and having inscriptions in one or all four margins.