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

  • 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
  • turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
  • turn of phrase — expression, wording
  • twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
  • two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
  • ultrahazardous — extremely or excessively hazardous
  • under the rose — in secret; privately; sub rosa
  • under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • up to the ears — very deeply
  • upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
  • vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
  • visiting hours — hospital, prison: period when visits are permitted
  • vitreous humor — the transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens.
  • volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
  • voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.
  • wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
  • 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.
  • weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
  • west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
  • west-northwest — a point on the compass midway between west and northwest.
  • whistle blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • whistle-blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • whistleblowers — Plural form of whistleblower.
  • white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
  • whorehouse cut — a cut in which a pack is divided into two parts, each of which is divided again before the pack is reassembled.
  • whortleberries — Plural form of whortleberry.
  • wiltshire horn — a breed of medium-sized sheep having horns in both male and female, originating from the Chalk Downs, England
  • winter clothes — the type of heavy, warm clothing that people tend to wear in very cold weather
  • witches'-broom — an abnormal, brushlike growth of small thin branches on woody plants, caused especially by fungi, viruses, and mistletoes.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
  • worcestershire — a former county in W central England, now part of Hereford and Worcester.
  • worthwhileness — such as to repay one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.: a worthwhile book.
  • wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
  • x short of a y — If you say that someone is, for example, several cards short of a full deck or one sandwich short of a picnic, you think they are stupid, foolish, or crazy.
  • xanthosiderite — a mineral, hydrous iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 ⋅2H 2 O.
  • youth hosteler — a person who stays at youth hostels during travels.
  • zephyr worsted — lightweight worsted yarn.
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