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

  • the footlights — the theater, or acting as a profession
  • the joe blakes — the DT's
  • the lesser dog — the constellation Canis Minor
  • the lord's day — the Christian Sabbath; Sunday
  • the mesolithic — the Mesolithic period; Middle Stone Age
  • the oslo fjord — a bay in the southeast of Norway (an inlet of the Skagerrak)
  • 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 soo canals — the two ship canals linking Lakes Superior and Huron. There is a canal on the Canadian and on the US side of the rapids of the St Mary's River
  • theotocopoulos — Domenikos [th aw-men-ee-kaws] /ðɔˈmɛn i kɔs/ (Show IPA), El Greco.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
  • thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
  • thoughtfulness — showing consideration for others; considerate.
  • thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
  • thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • 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
  • tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
  • 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
  • twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
  • two-toed sloth — either of two sloths of the genus Choloepus, having two claws on the forelimbs and three on the hind limbs, including C. didactylus and C. hoffmanni.
  • ultrahazardous — extremely or excessively hazardous
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
  • volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
  • walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
  • waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
  • welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
  • west hollywood — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • whistle blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • whistle-blower — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
  • whistleblowers — Plural form of whistleblower.
  • 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.
  • whortleberries — Plural form of whortleberry.
  • wild west show — an entertainment, often as part of a circus, representing scenes and events from the early history of the western U.S. and displaying feats of marksmanship, horseback riding, rope twirling, and the like.
  • wiltshire horn — a breed of medium-sized sheep having horns in both male and female, originating from the Chalk Downs, England
  • winter clothes — the type of heavy, warm clothing that people tend to wear in very cold weather
  • woolly thistle — a tall perennial plant; Cirsium eriophorum
  • worthwhileness — such as to repay one's time, attention, interest, work, trouble, etc.: a worthwhile book.
  • wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
  • xanthomelanous — of or relating to olive-skinned and dark-haired peoples, belonging to the Xanthomelanoi division
  • youth hosteler — a person who stays at youth hostels during travels.
  • zoophytologist — an expert in zoophytology
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