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14-letter words containing s, h, u, t, l

  • russia leather — a fine, smooth leather produced by careful tanning and dyeing, especially in dark red: originally prepared in Russia.
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
  • self-slaughter — suicide.
  • shoot the bull — exaggerations; lies; nonsense.
  • shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
  • shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
  • shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
  • shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
  • shutting stile — the stile of a door or shutter that closes against the frame of the opening.
  • slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
  • slaughterously — murderously
  • south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
  • south el monte — a town in SW California.
  • south portland — a city in SW Maine.
  • south st. paul — a city in SE Minnesota.
  • south-easterly — A south-easterly point, area, or direction is to the south-east or towards the south-east.
  • south-westerly — A south-westerly point, area, or direction is to the south-west or towards the south-west.
  • southern slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
  • staphylococcus — any of several spherical bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, occurring in pairs, tetrads, and irregular clusters, certain species of which, as S. aureus, can be pathogenic for humans.
  • stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
  • straight flush — a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.
  • streuselkuchen — coffeecake topped with streusel.
  • sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
  • sulfuric ether — ether (def 1).
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
  • sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
  • summer clothes — light clothes which are suitable for summer
  • supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
  • synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
  • 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.
  • the july sales — a traditional retail event occurring in the month of July, when shops sell things at less than their normal price
  • the last laugh — the final success in an argument, situation, etc, after previous defeat
  • the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
  • 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 slush pile — the unsolicited manuscripts sent by hopeful authors to a publisher, considered as a whole
  • the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • theotocopoulos — Domenikos [th aw-men-ee-kaws] /ðɔˈmɛn i kɔs/ (Show IPA), El Greco.
  • thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
  • thoughtfulness — showing consideration for others; considerate.
  • 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
  • troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
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