14-letter words containing t, h, e, i, m, s
- something's up — something is amiss
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
- sphaeristerium — an ancient Roman handball court.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
- stoichiometric — of or relating to stoichiometry.
- subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
- swimmer's itch — an inflammation of the skin, resembling insect bites, caused by burrowing larval forms of schistosomes.
- symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
- syrian hamster — golden hamster.
- the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
- the humanities — the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
- the mesolithic — the Mesolithic period; Middle Stone Age
- the omniscient — God
- the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
- the samaritans — a voluntary organization which offers counselling to people in despair, esp by telephone
- the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
- the whim-whams — an uneasy, nervous feeling; the jitters
- theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
- thermaesthesia — ability to perceive or sense cold or heat; sensitiveness to heat.
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
- thermochromism — a phenomenon in which certain dyes made from liquid crystals change colour reversibly when their temperature is changed
- 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.
- thesaurismosis — storage disease.
- thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
- thorium series — the radioactive series that starts with thorium and ends with a stable isotope of lead of mass number 208.
- to strike home — If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- vitreous humor — the transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens.
- welsh mountain — a common breed of small hardy sheep kept mainly in the mountains of Wales
- white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
- wilhelmstrasse — a street in Berlin, Germany: location of the German foreign office and other government buildings until 1945.
- witches'-besom — witches'-broom.
- witches'-broom — an abnormal, brushlike growth of small thin branches on woody plants, caused especially by fungi, viruses, and mistletoes.
- with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men