14-letter words containing s, h, i, n, d
- spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
- standard pitch — concert pitch
- sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
- sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
- swedish turnip — rutabaga.
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- that's an idea — that is worth considering
- that's done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
- the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
- the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
- the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
- the wilderness — the barren regions to the south and east of Palestine, esp those in which the Israelites wandered before entering the Promised Land and in which Christ fasted for 40 days and nights
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
- thick and fast — If things happen thick and fast, they happen very quickly and in large numbers.
- third position — a position in which the feet overlap at the heels with the toes pointing out in opposite directions to the left and right.
- thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- un-replenished — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- un-synthesized — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
- unanesthetised — not anaesthetised
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
- undernourished — not nourished with sufficient or proper food to maintain or promote health or normal growth.
- undiminishable — unable to be diminished
- unextinguished — to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle.
- unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- varnishing day — vernissage (def 1).
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- weight density — the weight per unit volume of a substance or object.
- well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
- well-furnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- well-nourished — having been provided with plenty of the material necessary for life and growth
- when it's done — (jargon) A manufacturer's non-answer to questions about product availability. This answer allows the manufacturer to pretend to communicate with their customers without setting themselves any deadlines or revealing how behind schedule the product really is. It also sounds slightly better than "We don't know".
- whistling duck — any of several long-legged, chiefly tropical ducks of the genus Dendrocygna, most of which have whistling cries.
- wild monkshood — a plant, Aconitum uncinatum, of the buttercup family, native to the eastern central U.S., having roundish leaves and hooded, blue flowers, growing in rich, moist soil.
- win hands down — be outright winner
- window-shopper — to look at articles in the windows of stores without making any purchases.
- wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
- xanthosiderite — a mineral, hydrous iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
- yield strength — the stress necessary to produce a given inelastic strain in a material.
- yorkshire bond — flying bond.
- zinc phosphide — a dark-gray, gritty, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Zn 3 P 2 , used chiefly as a rodenticide.