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14-letter words containing t, h, i, r, e, s

  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stereochemical — of, relating to, stereochemistry
  • stick together — be united
  • stoichiometric — of or relating to stoichiometry.
  • straight angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one half of the circle; an angle of 180°.
  • straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
  • straight-ahead — not deviating from what is usual or expected; conventional or traditional; standard: a straight-ahead novel with a happy ending.
  • straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
  • straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
  • street fighter — a person whose style of fistfighting was learned in the streets, as opposed to a trained or proficient boxer.
  • streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.
  • stretchability — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
  • strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
  • strike it rich — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • strike through — cross out
  • striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
  • studio theatre — a small theatre within which the stage and seating can usually be rearranged
  • 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
  • sulfuric ether — ether (def 1).
  • summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
  • swedish turnip — rutabaga.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • the cordeliers — a political club founded in 1790 and meeting at an old Cordelier convent in Paris
  • the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
  • the federalist — a set of 85 articles by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, published in 1787 and 1788, analyzing the Constitution of the U.S. and urging its adoption
  • 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 kiwi ferns — the women's international Rugby League football 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 samaritans — a voluntary organization which offers counselling to people in despair, esp by telephone
  • the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
  • 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 wilderness — the barren regions to the south and east of Palestine, esp those in which the Israelites wandered before entering the Promised Land and in which Christ fasted for 40 days and nights
  • the-federalist — a series of 85 essays (1787–88) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, written in support of the Constitution.
  • 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.
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