14-letter words containing s, h, o, t, g
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
- staghorn coral — staghorn coral.
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- steganographer — an expert in steganography
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- stick together — be united
- stigmatophilia — a love for body piercing or tattooing that is accompanied by sexual arousal
- stock exchange — a building or place where stocks and other securities are bought and sold.
- 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
- strike through — cross out
- striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
- sweet nothings — terms of endearment
- 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 footlights — the theater, or acting as a profession
- the lesser dog — the constellation Canis Minor
- the story goes — it is commonly said or believed
- 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.
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thought shower — brainstorm
- thoughtfulness — showing consideration for others; considerate.
- throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
- through street — a street along which the traffic has the right of way over vehicles entering or crossing at intersections.
- throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
- 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.
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- 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
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
- whistleblowing — The disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department.
- whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
- white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
- women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
- wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling