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14-letter words containing t, e, n, h

  • swedish turnip — rutabaga.
  • sweet chestnut — tree: edible nuts
  • sweet nothings — terms of endearment
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • switch selling — a system of selling, now illegal in Britain, whereby potential customers are attracted by a special offer on some goods but the salesman's real aim is to sell other more expensive goods instead
  • synthesization — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • synthetic fuel — fuel in the form of liquid or gas (synthetic natural gas) manufactured from coal or in the form of oil extracted from shale or tar sands.
  • syrian hamster — golden hamster.
  • take a hand in — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • take the count — to be unable to continue after a count of ten
  • take the stand — to sit (or stand) in the designated place in a courtroom and give testimony
  • tam-o'-shanter — a cap of Scottish origin, usually made of wool, having a round, flat top that projects all around the head and has a pompon at its center.
  • tangata whenua — the indigenous Māori people of a particular area of New Zealand or of the country as a whole
  • tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
  • teach a lesson — give a class, give instruction
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
  • technical area — the area at the side of the pitch to which managers, trainers, coaches, etc are restricted during play
  • technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
  • technicalities — technical methods and vocabulary
  • technothriller — a suspense novel in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology, as of aircraft or weapons systems, plays a prominent part.
  • teeth grinding — habitual, purposeless clenching and grinding of the teeth, especially during sleep.
  • telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
  • telephone book — a book, directory, or the like, usually containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers in a city or other area, together with their addresses and telephone numbers.
  • telephone call — contact by phone
  • telephone line — phone connection
  • telephone pole — a utility pole for supporting telephone wires.
  • telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
  • telephoto lens — a lens constructed so as to produce a relatively large image with a focal length shorter than that required by an ordinary lens producing an image of the same size: used to photograph small or distant objects.
  • ten-gallon hat — a broad-brimmed hat with a high crown, worn especially in the western and southwestern U.S.; cowboy hat.
  • tender-hearted — soft-hearted; sympathetic.
  • tenement house — a building divided into tenements, or apartments, now specif. one in the slums that is run-down, overcrowded, etc.
  • tenement-house — Also called tenement house. a run-down and often overcrowded apartment house, especially in a poor section of a large city.
  • terebinthinate — of, relating to, or resembling turpentine.
  • terotechnology — a branch of technology that utilizes management, financial, and engineering expertise in the installation and efficient operation and maintenance of equipment and machinery
  • terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
  • texas longhorn — one of a breed of long-horned beef cattle of the southwestern U.S., developed from cattle introduced into North America from Spain and valued for disease resistance, fecundity, and a historical association with the old West: now rare.
  • that's an idea — that is worth considering
  • that's done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
  • the betting is — If you say the betting is that something will happen or is true, you are suggesting that it is very likely to happen or to be true.
  • the blue angel — a legendary German expressionist film of 1930, the first major German sound film, starring Marlene Dietrich
  • the capitoline — the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome. The temple of Jupiter was on the southern summit and the ancient citadel on the northern summit
  • the chosen few — a small group who are treated better than other people
  • the deerhunter — a film (1978) about the Vietnam War, directed by Michael Cimino and starring Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken
  • the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
  • the done thing — If you say that something is the done thing, you mean it is the most socially acceptable way to behave.
  • the federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901
  • the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
  • the five towns — the name given in his fiction by Arnold Bennett to the Potteries towns (actually six in number) of Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, and Tunstall, now part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent
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