18-letter words containing s, h, i, r, t, a
- the bird has flown — the person in question has fled or escaped
- the cat's whiskers — a person or thing that is excellent or superior
- the coast is clear — If you say that the coast is clear, you mean that there is nobody around to see you or catch you.
- the first sea lord — the senior of the two serving naval officers who sits on the admiralty board of the Ministry of Defence
- the masurian lakes — a group of lakes in Masuria in NE Poland: scene of Russian defeats by the Germans (1914, 1915) during World War I
- the practicalities — the real facts or details of a situation, as opposed to its theoretical aspects
- the sun also rises — a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway.
- 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
- thorfinn karlsefni — 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.
- 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 raise the alarm — If you raise the alarm or sound the alarm, you warn people of danger.
- transit theodolite — a theodolite having a telescope that can be transited.
- transmission shaft — a shaft that rotates transmitting motion from the engine to the differential gear
- triphosphoric acid — the hypothetical acid H 5 P 3 O 10 , known chiefly by its salts.
- under the aegis of — guided or protected by
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- warehouse capacity — the amount of storage space in a warehouse
- westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
- white man's burden — the alleged duty of white colonizers to care for nonwhite indigenous subjects in their colonial possessions.
- whittaker chambers — Robert, 1802–71, Scottish publisher and editor.
- withdrawal symptom — effects of stopping a drug