16-letter words containing s, h, u, a, r
- superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
- surrogate mother — a person who acts in the place of another person's biological mother.
- surround theater — a theater, concert hall, or the like, in which seats are arranged around or on all four sides of a central stage.
- surveyor's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- sushi restaurant — a restaurant serving sushi
- sutherland falls — a waterfall in New Zealand, on SW South Island. 1904 feet (580 meters) high.
- synchronous dram — Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
- the easter bunny — the rabbit that brings Easter eggs
- the scots guards — a regiment of Guards Division of the British Army which dates back to 1642
- the subsidiariat — a collective term for the news sources that would not survive without being subsidized directly (by a government, etc), or indirectly (through sharing a parent company with another more profitable revenue source)
- the supernatural — supernatural forces, occurrences, and beings collectively or their realm
- the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
- thermal neutrons — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- trailing fuchsia — a shrub, Fuchsia procumbens, of the evening primrose family, native to New Zealand, having long-stalked leaves and drooping, orange-and-purple flowers, used in hanging baskets.
- tristan da cunha — a group of four volcanic islands in the S Atlantic, belonging to St. Helena. 40 sq. mi. (104 sq. km).
- true-heartedness — the quality of being true-hearted
- tsushima current — a warm ocean current flowing northward along the west coast of Japan.
- twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
- uncharacteristic — Also, characteristical. pertaining to, constituting, or indicating the character or peculiar quality of a person or thing; typical; distinctive: Red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn.
- upper atmosphere — the portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere.
- vauxhall gardens — a public garden at Vauxhall, laid out in 1661; a fashionable meeting place and site of lavish entertainments. Closed in 1859
- voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
- walrus moustache — a long thick moustache drooping at the ends
- washing-up water — water used for washing dishes