14-letter words containing t, h, e, c, a, s
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
- teach a lesson — give a class, give instruction
- teacher's aide — A teacher's aide is a person who helps a teacher in a school classroom but who is not a qualified teacher.
- teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
- technicalities — technical methods and vocabulary
- terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
- tetrachotomous — divided into four parts
- the all blacks — the international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- the black caps — the international cricket team of New Zealand
- the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
- the cretaceous — the Cretaceous period or rock system
- the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
- the resistance — an illegal organization fighting for national liberty in a country under enemy occupation, esp in France during World War II
- the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
- the salicaceae — a chiefly N temperate family of trees and shrubs having catkins: includes the willows and poplars
- the soo canals — the two ship canals linking Lakes Superior and Huron. There is a canal on the Canadian and on the US side of the rapids of the St Mary's River
- 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
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- 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.
- thymelaeaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Thymelaeaceae, a family of trees and shrubs having tough acrid bark and simple leaves: includes spurge laurel, leatherwood, and mezereon
- tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
- to be the case — If you say that something is the case, you mean that it is true or correct.
- top-hat scheme — a pension scheme for the senior executives of an organization
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- treasure chest — A treasure chest is a box containing treasure.
- 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
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- 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.
- two-horse race — a competition, election, etc, in which there are only two teams or candidates with a chance of winning
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.
- 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.
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unsophisticate — not sophisticated
- unwatchfulness — the quality or state of being unwatchful
- water chestnut — any aquatic plant of the genus Trapa, bearing an edible, nutlike fruit, especially T. natans, of the Old World.
- weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
- weightwatchers — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
- weltanschauung — a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.
- western thrace — an ancient region of varying extent in the E part of the Balkan Peninsula: later a Roman province; now in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Greece.
- wristlet watch — a watch that is attached to a band or bracelet