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14-letter words containing s, h, o, r, t, a

  • station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
  • stealth bomber — a type of US military aircraft using advanced technology to render it virtually undetectable to sight, radar, or infrared sensors
  • steganographer — an expert in steganography
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
  • storage heater — an electrical device capable of accumulating and radiating heat generated by off-peak electricity
  • straight arrow — a person who manifests high-minded devotion to clean living and moral righteousness.
  • straight joint — a vertical joint in brickwork that is directly above a vertical joint in the course below
  • straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
  • straight razor — a razor having a stiff blade made of steel that is hinged to a handle into which it folds.
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • straw mushroom — a small brown mushroom, Volvariella volvacea, used in Asian cookery.
  • studio theatre — a small theatre within which the stage and seating can usually be rearranged
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • superphosphate — Also called acid phosphate. a mixture of calcium acid phosphate and calcium sulfate prepared by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid: used chiefly as a fertilizer.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
  • tailor's chalk — hardened chalk or soapstone used to make temporary guide marks on a garment that is being altered.
  • tam-o'-shanter — a cap of Scottish origin, usually made of wool, having a round, flat top that projects all around the head and has a pompon at its center.
  • terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
  • tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
  • 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.
  • that's torn it — an unexpected event or circumstance has upset one's plans
  • the cretaceous — the Cretaceous period or rock system
  • the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
  • there's no way — If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.
  • thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • 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.
  • thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thesaurismosis — storage disease.
  • thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
  • thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
  • thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • till all hours — until very late
  • to gather dust — If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
  • tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
  • treasure house — a building, room, or chamber used as a storage place for valuables; treasury.
  • trichomoniasis — a sexually transmitted disease typically asymptomatic in men and resulting in vaginitis with a copious, frothy discharge and itching in women, caused by a trichomonad Trichomonas vaginalis.
  • trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
  • trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
  • try one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
  • turn of phrase — expression, wording
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