14-letter words containing s, p, h, r, a
- synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
- thalassography — oceanography, especially that branch dealing with smaller bodies of water, as bays, sounds, and gulfs.
- the last trump — the final trumpet call that according to the belief of some will awaken and raise the dead on the Day of Judgment
- the space race — competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the superior power in outer space, in terms of exploration, manned space flights, and lunar landings; it is generally considered as beginning in 1957 and ending in the mid-1970s
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
- thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- trans-physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
- turn of phrase — expression, wording
- unapprehensive — slow to understand; not intelligent
- underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
- up to the ears — very deeply
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- v-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall followed by a correspondingly sharp rise
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- water sapphire — a transparent variety of cordierite, found in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and elsewhere, sometimes used as a gem.
- wear the pants — trousers (def 1).
- weatherpersons — Plural form of weatherperson.
- webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- whippersnapper — an unimportant but offensively presumptuous person, especially a young one.
- white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
- white sapphire — a colorless variety of corundum, used as a gemstone.
- whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
- with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- xiphihumeralis — a long pectoral muscle found only in felines