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14-letter words containing s, h, y

  • thomas youngerThomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • 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
  • thyrotoxicosis — Graves' disease.
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • trans-physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
  • trichophytosis — a skin infection caused by a trichophyton
  • 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.
  • twenty-seventh — next after the twenty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 27.
  • tymshare, inc. — (company)   The US company that created the TYMNET network.
  • tyrrhenian sea — a part of the Mediterranean, bounded by W Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily.
  • un-synthesized — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
  • unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • unsympathizing — not sympathizing; not offering sympathy; unsympathetic
  • unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • varnishing day — vernissage (def 1).
  • vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
  • voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.
  • weight density — the weight per unit volume of a substance or object.
  • west hollywood — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
  • 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.
  • with eyes open — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • woolly thistle — a tall perennial plant; Cirsium eriophorum
  • 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.
  • yield strength — the stress necessary to produce a given inelastic strain in a material.
  • yorkshire bond — flying bond.
  • youth hosteler — a person who stays at youth hostels during travels.
  • zephyr worsted — lightweight worsted yarn.
  • zoophytologist — an expert in zoophytology
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