14-letter words containing s, o, t, h
- there's no way — If you say there's no way that something will happen, you are emphasizing that you think it will definitely not happen.
- theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
- thermochromism — a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is changed
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thesaurismosis — storage disease.
- thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
- think positive — be optimistic
- third position — a position in which the feet overlap at the heels with the toes pointing out in opposite directions to the left and right.
- thomas aquinas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
- thomas raffles — Sir Thomas Stamford, 1781–1826, English colonial administrator in the East Indies.
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thomson effect — the tendency of unevenly heated segments of a strip of a conductor to increase or decrease in temperature differences when an electric current is passed through the strip.
- thorium series — the radioactive series that starts with thorium and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 208.
- thought shower — brainstorm
- thoughtfulness — showing consideration for others; considerate.
- throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- through street — a street along which the traffic has the right of way over vehicles entering or crossing at intersections.
- throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
- thunderousness — the quality or state of being thunderous
- 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
- till all hours — until very late
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
- to be the case — If you say that something is the case, you mean that it is true or correct.
- 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 shake hands — If you shake hands with someone, you take their right hand in your own for a few moments, often moving it up and down slightly, when you are saying hello or goodbye to them, congratulating them, or agreeing on something. You can also say that two people shake hands.
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- to strike home — If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.
- to the purpose — relevant; pertinent
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- top-hat scheme — a pension scheme for the senior executives of an organization
- tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
- treasure house — a building, room, or chamber used as a storage place for valuables; treasury.
- trichomoniasis — a sexually transmitted disease typically asymptomatic in men and resulting in vaginitis with a copious, frothy discharge and itching in women, caused by a trichomonad Trichomonas vaginalis.
- trichophytosis — a skin infection caused by a trichophyton
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- 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