14-letter words containing t, h, e, s, u, p
- printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
- pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
- pseudaesthesia — imaginary sensation, like that of an amputated limb
- pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- purse snatcher — wallet thief
- rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
- rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
- scrape through — only just succeed
- sharp-featured — having very clearly defined facial features
- shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
- shoulder strap — a strap worn over the shoulder, as to support a garment.
- siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
- something's up — something is amiss
- south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- sphaeristerium — an ancient Roman handball court.
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- 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.
- sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
- sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- superphosphate — Also called acid phosphate. a mixture of calcium acid phosphate and calcium sulfate prepared by treating phosphate rock with sulfuric acid: used chiefly as a fertilizer.
- 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.
- swedish turnip — rutabaga.
- 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 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 slush pile — the unsolicited manuscripts sent by hopeful authors to a publisher, considered as a whole
- the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- theotocopoulos — Domenikos [th aw-men-ee-kaws] /ðɔˈmɛn i kɔs/ (Show IPA), El Greco.
- thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
- thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- to the purpose — relevant; pertinent
- trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
- trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
- turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
- turn of phrase — expression, wording
- unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- unsophisticate — not sophisticated
- up to the ears — very deeply