14-letter words containing t, e, r, h, a, u
- the cretaceous — the Cretaceous period or rock system
- the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
- the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
- the human race — mankind
- the kama sutra — an ancient Hindu text on erotic pleasure and other topics
- 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 quaternary — the Quaternary period or rock system, divided into Pleistocene and Holocene (Recent) epochs or series
- the red guards — a radical political movement of civilian youths in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution
- the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
- the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
- the upper back — the part of the back between the shoulders
- the upper hand — If you have the upper hand in a situation, you have more power than the other people involved and can make decisions about what happens.
- the vernacular — the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
- thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
- thesaurismosis — storage disease.
- third quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the largest quartile; the 75th percentile; the value of the variable below which three quarters of the elements are located.
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
- thought-reader — someone who can read minds or psychically know others' thoughts
- three-quarters — Three-quarters is an amount that is three out of four equal parts of something.
- three-way bulb — a light bulb that can be switched to three successive degrees of illumination.
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- 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.
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- travel voucher — a voucher, usually bought from a travel agency or won in a competition, etc, which can be used to pay for travel costs such as flights, accommodation, etc
- treasure chest — A treasure chest is a box containing treasure.
- treasure house — a building, room, or chamber used as a storage place for valuables; treasury.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
- turn of phrase — expression, wording
- turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
- unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- unit character — a characteristic, usually controlled by a single gene, that is transmitted as a unit in heredity.
- unmerchantable — (of goods) not suitable for trading
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- up to the ears — very deeply
- up to the mark — acceptably good
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
- weather bureau — the former name of the U.S. National Weather Service.
- wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.