18-letter words containing s, h, i, t, o, n
- the encyclopedists — the writers of the French Encyclopedia (1751-72) edited by Diderot and d'Alembert, which contained the advanced ideas of the period
- the final solution — the code name used by the Nazis to refer to the plan of mass murder of the Jews
- the hotel industry — the branch of the services industry which provides hotels
- the magnolia state — a nickname referring to Mississippi
- the mountain state — a nickname referring to West Virginia
- the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
- the nether regions — the genitals
- the northern irish — the people who live in or come from Northern Ireland
- the south atlantic — the part of the Atlantic Ocean that lies to the south of the equator
- the sun also rises — a novel (1926) by Ernest Hemingway.
- the uncircumcision — the gentiles
- there's no telling — You use there's no telling to introduce a statement when you want to say that it is impossible to know what will happen in a situation.
- thermoluminescence — phosphorescence produced by the heating of a substance.
- thioarsenious acid — any of a group of hypothetical acids, H3AsS3, HAsS2, and H4As2S5, known only in the forms of their salts
- thirty-second note — a note having 1/32 of the time value of a whole note; demi-semiquaver.
- thirty-second rest — a rest equal in value to a thirty-second note.
- thomas alva edison — Thomas Alva [al-vuh] /ˈæl və/ (Show IPA), 1847–1931, U.S. inventor, especially of electrical devices.
- thorfinn karlsefni — 980–after 1007, Icelandic navigator, explorer, and leader of early colonizing expedition to Vinland, in North America.
- thrift-institution — economical management; economy; frugality.
- throw oneself into — 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.
- tighten one's belt — a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist.
- to come unstitched — to go wrong or awry
- to get wind of sth — If you get wind of something, you hear about it, especially when someone else did not want you to know about it.
- to lick into shape — If you lick, knock, or whip someone or something into shape, you use whatever methods are necessary to change or improve them so that they are in the condition that you want them to be in.
- to pick and choose — If you pick and choose, you carefully choose only things that you really want and reject the others.
- to spill the beans — If you spill the beans, you tell someone something that people have been trying to keep secret.
- to stop at nothing — If you say that someone will stop at nothing to get something, you are emphasizing that they are willing to do things that are extreme, wrong, or dangerous in order to get it.
- to twist the knife — If you twist the knife or if you turn the knife in someone's wound, you do or say something to make an unpleasant situation they are in even more unpleasant.
- 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
- under the aegis of — guided or protected by
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- wesleyan methodist — a member of any of the churches founded on the evangelical principles of John Wesley.
- westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
- white iron pyrites — marcasite
- wireless telephone — Now Rare. radiotelephony.
- wireless telephony — Now Rare. radiotelephony.
- with flying colors — with flying colors, with an overwhelming victory, triumph, or success: He passed the test with flying colors.
- without hesitation — immediately, willingly
- work out the kinks — If someone works out the kinks in a situation, they resolve the problems associated with it.
- working hypothesis — See under hypothesis (def 1).