16-letter words containing s, h, e, u
- the constitution — the document containing the fundamental laws of the United States: it consists of the seven original articles, adopted in 1789, and twenty-seven amendments
- the cuckoo's egg — A great book (and subsequent BBC TV series) telling the true story of Clifford Stoll, an astronomy professor at UCB's Lawrence Berkeley Lab. A 75-cent accounting error alerted him to the presence of an unauthorised user (a cracker) on his system. The cracker, code named "Hunter", was breaking into US computer systems and stealing sensitive military and security information. Hunter was part of a spy ring paid in cash and cocaine, and reporting to the KGB.
- the dust settles — If you say that something will happen when the dust settles, you mean that a situation will be clearer after it has calmed down. If you let the dust settle before doing something, you let a situation calm down before you try to do anything else.
- the easter bunny — the rabbit that brings Easter eggs
- the easy way out — least demanding solution
- the first couple — the US president and their spouse
- the first fruits — The first fruits or the first fruit of a project or activity are its earliest results or profits.
- the gospel truth — the unquestionable truth
- the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
- the preconscious — preconscious mental activity
- the public purse — money from or controlled by the government
- the resurrection — the rising of Jesus from the dead after his death and burial
- the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
- the second house — the second daily performance of a play or show
- the sex industry — a commercial sector that employs sex workers in prostitution, pornography, etc.
- the south island — the largest island of New Zealand, separated from the North Island by the Cook Strait. Pop: 1 048 200 (2013 est). Area: 153 947 sq km (59 439 sq miles)
- the subconscious — subconscious mental activity
- the subsidiariat — a collective term for the news sources that would not survive without being subsidized directly (by a government, etc), or indirectly (through sharing a parent company with another more profitable revenue source)
- the supernatural — supernatural forces, occurrences, and beings collectively or their realm
- the union school — a historic building located at 516-518 Bethlehem Pike in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Built in 1773, the Union School was one of the earliest public schools in Pennsylvania, and the first that did not discriminate based on social position or religious preference
- the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
- the west country — the southwest of England, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
- the-constitution — an American 44-gun frigate, famous for its exploits in the War of 1812 and popularly called “Old Ironsides.”.
- there's no hurry — If you say to someone 'There's no hurry' or 'I'm in no hurry' you are telling them that there is no need for them to do something immediately.
- thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- thought disorder — disorganized speech, as flight of ideas or loosening of associations, thought to reflect disorganized thinking and occurring as a symptom of some types of mental illness, as manic disorder or schizophrenia.
- three musketeers — French Les Trois Mousquetaires. a historical novel (1844) by Alexandre Dumas père.
- three-piece suit — men's formal outfit
- through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
- thumb one's nose — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- thumbnail sketch — small preliminary drawing
- tibetan buddhism — the form of Mahayana Buddhism that developed and is practiced primarily in Tibet and some nearby nations: its spiritual leader is the Dalai Lama
- to be out of sth — if you are out of something, you no longer have any of it
- to bite the dust — If you say that something has bitten the dust, you are emphasizing that it no longer exists or that it has failed.
- to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
- tollhouse cookie — a crisp cookie containing bits of chocolate and sometimes chopped nuts.
- touch of the sun — slight sunstroke
- true-heartedness — the quality of being true-hearted
- tsushima current — a warm ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Japan.
- turkish crescent — crescent (def 6).
- two-family house — a house designed for occupation by two families in contiguous apartments, as on separate floors.
- 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.
- un-reprehensible — deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- uncharacteristic — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- under sb's thumb — If you are under someone's thumb, you are under their control, or very heavily influenced by them.
- undernourishment — If someone is suffering from undernourishment, they have poor health because they are not eating enough food or are eating the wrong kind of food.
- union membership — members of a trade union
- unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.