14-letter words containing s, o, r, t, u, h
- station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
- straighten out — make straighter
- straw mushroom — a small brown mushroom, Volvariella volvacea, used in Asian cookery.
- strike through — cross out
- studio theatre — a small theatre within which the stage and seating can usually be rearranged
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
- summer clothes — light clothes which are suitable for summer
- superphosphate — Also called acid phosphate. a mixture of calcium acid phosphate and calcium sulfate prepared by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid: used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
- tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
- the cretaceous — the Cretaceous period or rock system
- 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 true cross — the cross on which Christ was crucified, supposed relics of which were venerated by Christians in the middle ages
- the worm turns — If you say that the worm turns, you mean that someone who usually obeys another person or accepts their bad behaviour unexpectedly starts resisting that person or expresses their anger.
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- thesaurismosis — storage disease.
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thorium series — the radioactive series that starts with thorium and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 208.
- thought shower — brainstorm
- through street — a street along which the traffic has the right of way over vehicles entering or crossing at intersections.
- thunderousness — the quality or state of being thunderous
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- till all hours — until very late
- 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.
- to the purpose — relevant; pertinent
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- treasure house — a building, room, or chamber used as a storage place for valuables; treasury.
- trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
- troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- troubleshooter — a person with special skill in resolving disputes, impasses, etc., as in business, national, or international affairs: a diplomatic troubleshooter in the Middle East.
- trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- whorehouse cut — a cut in which a pack is divided into two parts, each of which is divided again before the pack is reassembled.