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15-letter words containing s, h, i

  • turkish cypriot — denoting ethnically Turkish inhabitants of Cyprus
  • turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
  • turkish tobacco — a strongly aromatic tobacco, grown chiefly in Turkey and Greece, used in cigarettes.
  • twist the knife — to make a bad situation worse in a deliberately malicious way
  • two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
  • tychonic system — a model for planetary motion devised by Tycho Brahe in which the earth is stationary and at the center of the planetary system, the sun and moon revolve around the earth, and the other planets revolve around the sun.
  • tyrwhitt-wilson — Gerald Hugh, 14th Baron Berners [bur-nerz] /ˈbɜr nərz/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, English composer, painter, and author.
  • unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
  • unanaesthetized — not anaesthetized
  • unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
  • unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
  • uncomprehensive — of large scope; covering or involving much; inclusive: a comprehensive study of world affairs.
  • undistinguished — having no distinguishing marks or features.
  • uninhibitedness — the state or quality of being uninhibited
  • universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
  • unphilosophical — not adhering to philosophical theory or principles
  • unpolished rice — a partly refined rice, hulled and deprived of its germ but retaining some bran.
  • unrelinquishing — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • unrighteousness — not righteous; not upright or virtuous; wicked; sinful; evil: an unrighteous king.
  • unseaworthiness — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
  • unsophisticated — not sophisticated; simple; artless.
  • untrustworthily — in an untrustworthy manner; not trustworthily
  • vanishing cream — a cosmetic similar to cold cream but less oily, applied usually to the face and neck as a base, night cream, or moisturizer.
  • vanishing point — a point of disappearance, cessation, or extinction: His patience had reached the vanishing point.
  • vanishing spray — a substance that disperses without trace shortly after it is sprayed onto a surface, used in football to mark a temporary line behind which defenders must stand when a free kick is taken
  • venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
  • venus hairstone — a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone.
  • vermouth cassis — a mixed drink made with dry vermouth, crème de cassis, soda or mineral water, and cracked ice.
  • vicar of christ — the pope, with reference to his claim to stand in the place of Jesus Christ and possess His authority in the church.
  • vindhya pradesh — a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
  • visible horizon — horizon (def 1).
  • visiting rights — the right to visit someone
  • visser 't hooft — Willem Adolf [vil-uh m ah-dawlf] /ˈvɪl əm ˈɑ dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1900–85, Dutch Protestant clergyman and writer: leader in ecumenical movement.
  • vitreous humour — the aqueous fluid contained within the interstices of the vitreous body
  • voice synthesis — the artificial production of the human voice
  • vortex shedding — the process by which vortices formed continuously by the aerodynamic conditions associated with a solid body in a gas or air stream are carried downstream by the flow in the form of a vortex street
  • vreni schneider — Vreni [vren-ee] /ˈvrɛn i/ (Show IPA), born 1964, Swiss Alpine ski racer.
  • w.h. richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
  • walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.
  • walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
  • washing machine — an apparatus, especially a household appliance, for washing clothing, linens, etc.
  • washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
  • washington lily — a lily, Lilium washingtonianum, of the western coast of the U.S., having whorled leaves and fragrant, purple-spotted white flowers.
  • washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
  • weather station — an installation equipped and used for meteorological observation.
  • westphalian ham — a hard German ham with a distinctive flavor derived from being smoked over beechwood and juniper.
  • whaling station — a place where the carcases of whales were processed
  • what's cooking? — what's happening?
  • what's-his-name — man: forgotten name
  • whatshumacallit — Alternative form of whatchamacallit.
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