14-letter words containing t, h, o, u, g
- south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- straighten out — make straighter
- strike through — cross out
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
- the guillotine — a device for beheading persons, consisting of a weighted blade set between two upright posts
- the open group — (body) (Formerly "X/Open") A vendor- and technology-neutral consortium of buyers and suppliers of information systems that aims to ease integration by testing and certifying products against open standards.
- theologoumenon — a theological assertion or statement not derived from divine revelation
- thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
- thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
- thought shower — brainstorm
- thought-reader — someone who can read minds or psychically know others' thoughts
- thoughtfulness — showing consideration for others; considerate.
- through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
- through street — a street along which the traffic has the right of way over vehicles entering or crossing at intersections.
- to gather dust — If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- unthoughtfully — not thoughtfully; in an unthoughtful manner; thoughtlessly
- up to high doh — extremely excited or keyed up
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- visiting hours — hospital, prison: period when visits are permitted
- whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
- win through to — If you win through to a particular position or stage of a competition, you achieve it after a great effort or by defeating opponents.
- wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.