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14-letter words containing s, h, o, l

  • synchronically — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
  • tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
  • talk about sth — You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation.
  • teach a lesson — give a class, give instruction
  • telephoto lens — a lens constructed so as to produce a relatively large image with a focal length shorter than that required by an ordinary lens producing an image of the same size: used to photograph small or distant objects.
  • texas hold 'em — a popular variety of poker in which each player can use any or all of five shared cards in combination with either or both of two private cards to form the best possible hand of five cards
  • texas longhorn — one of a breed of long-horned beef cattle of the southwestern U.S., developed from cattle introduced into North America from Spain and valued for disease resistance, fecundity, and a historical association with the old West: now rare.
  • thalassography — oceanography, especially that branch dealing with smaller bodies of water, as bays, sounds, and gulfs.
  • the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
  • the footlights — the theater, or acting as a profession
  • the joe blakes — the DT's
  • the lesser dog — the constellation Canis Minor
  • the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
  • the mesolithic — the Mesolithic period; Middle Stone Age
  • the oslo fjord — a bay in the southeast of Norway (an inlet of the Skagerrak)
  • the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
  • the soo canals — the two ship canals linking Lakes Superior and Huron. There is a canal on the Canadian and on the US side of the rapids of the St Mary's River
  • theotocopoulos — Domenikos [th aw-men-ee-kaws] /ðɔˈmɛn i kɔs/ (Show IPA), El Greco.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
  • thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
  • thoughtfulness — showing consideration for others; considerate.
  • thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
  • thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
  • till all hours — until very late
  • to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
  • to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
  • tongue-lashing — severe scolding
  • tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
  • troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • troubleshooter — a person with special skill in resolving disputes, impasses, etc., as in business, national, or international affairs: a diplomatic troubleshooter in the Middle East.
  • trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
  • twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
  • two-toed sloth — either of two sloths of the genus Choloepus, having two claws on the forelimbs and three on the hind limbs, including C. didactylus and C. hoffmanni.
  • ultrahazardous — extremely or excessively hazardous
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
  • unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
  • village school — a school in a village
  • volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
  • voroshilovgrad — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
  • walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
  • waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • warehouse club — A warehouse club is a large shop which sells goods at reduced prices to people who pay each year to become members of the organization that runs the shop.
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • well-fashioned — a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.: the latest fashion in dresses.
  • well-nourished — having been provided with plenty of the material necessary for life and growth
  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • west hollywood — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
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