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14-letter words containing t, h, a, n, i, s

  • swimming baths — an indoor swimming pool
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
  • synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
  • synthesization — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • syrian hamster — golden hamster.
  • tacking stitch — a long, loose, temporary stitch used in dressmaking, etc
  • teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
  • technicalities — technical methods and vocabulary
  • that's an idea — that is worth considering
  • that's done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
  • that's torn it — an unexpected event or circumstance has upset one's plans
  • the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
  • the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
  • the humanities — the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
  • the resistance — an illegal organization fighting for national liberty in a country under enemy occupation, esp in France during World War II
  • the samaritans — a voluntary organization which offers counselling to people in despair, esp by telephone
  • the stannaries — a tin-mining district of Devon and Cornwall, formerly under the jurisdiction of special courts
  • the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
  • the visitation — the visit of the Virgin Mary to Elizabeth: Luke 1:39-56
  • the-bostonians — a novel (1886) by Henry James.
  • the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • thick and fast — If things happen thick and fast, they happen very quickly and in large numbers.
  • thomas aquinas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
  • thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
  • tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
  • tongue-lashing — severe scolding
  • training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
  • trans-physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • 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.
  • trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
  • turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
  • tymshare, inc. — (company)   The US company that created the TYMNET network.
  • tyrrhenian sea — a part of the Mediterranean, bounded by W Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily.
  • unanesthetised — not anaesthetised
  • unchauvinistic — not chauvinistic
  • unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
  • unenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
  • unfaithfulness — not faithful; false to duty, obligation, or promises; faithless; disloyal.
  • unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • unsophisticate — not sophisticated
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