14-letter words containing s, o, t, h
- 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.
- 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
- two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
- 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
- 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
- unsophisticate — not sophisticated
- up to the ears — very deeply
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
- 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.
- vote of thanks — A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something.
- voucher system — Accounting. a procedure for controlling disbursements by means of vouchers.
- wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
- 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.
- washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
- weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
- 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.
- west yorkshire — a metropolitan county in N England. 787 sq. mi. (2039 sq. km).
- west-northwest — a point on the compass midway between west and northwest.
- west-southwest — a point on the compass midway between west and southwest.
- when it's done — (jargon) A manufacturer's non-answer to questions about product availability. This answer allows the manufacturer to pretend to communicate with their customers without setting themselves any deadlines or revealing how behind schedule the product really is. It also sounds slightly better than "We don't know".
- 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.
- white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
- who needs sth? — You can say 'Who needs something?' as a way of emphasizing that you think that this thing is unnecessary or not useful.
- whorehouse cut — a cut in which a pack is divided into two parts, each of which is divided again before the pack is reassembled.
- 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
- witches'-besom — witches'-broom.
- witches'-broom — an abnormal, brushlike growth of small thin branches on woody plants, caused especially by fungi, viruses, and mistletoes.
- 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.
- with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men