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14-letter words containing t, h, u, d

  • shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
  • shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
  • 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.
  • shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
  • smooth-tongued — fluent or convincing in speech; glib.
  • south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • south portland — a city in SW Maine.
  • south tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 151 700 (2003 est). Area: 64 sq km (25 sq miles)
  • southeastwards — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
  • southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
  • southwestwards — Also, southwestwards. toward the southwest.
  • starch-reduced — (of food, esp bread) having the starch content reduced, as in proprietary slimming products
  • studio theatre — a small theatre within which the stage and seating can usually be rearranged
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • swedish turnip — rutabaga.
  • terraced house — A terraced house or a terrace house is one of a row of similar houses joined together by their side walls.
  • the beatitudes — the pronouncements in the Sermon on the Mount, which begin “Blessed are the poor in spirit”: Matt. 5:3-12
  • the deerhunter — a film (1978) about the Vietnam War, directed by Michael Cimino and starring Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken
  • the mujaheddin — (in Afghanistan and Iran) fundamentalist Muslim guerrillas; in Afghanistan in 1992 the mujaheddin overthrew the government but were unable to agree on a constitution due to factional conflict and in 1996 Taliban forces seized power
  • the red guards — a radical political movement of civilian youths in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution
  • the unemployed — people who are out of work
  • the upper body — the part of the body above the waist
  • the upper hand — If you have the upper hand in a situation, you have more power than the other people involved and can make decisions about what happens.
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • think out loud — to speak one's thoughts as they occur
  • third quartile — (in a frequency distribution) the largest quartile; the 75th percentile; the value of the variable below which three quarters of the elements are located.
  • third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
  • thought-reader — someone who can read minds or psychically know others' thoughts
  • through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
  • thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
  • thunderousness — the quality or state of being thunderous
  • to be slouched — to sit, lie or lean in an ungainly way, with one's limbs spread out
  • 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.
  • tour d'horizon — a general survey; overview.
  • traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
  • troubleshooted — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • ultra-orthodox — of, relating to, or conforming to the approved form of any doctrine, philosophy, ideology, etc.
  • ultrahazardous — extremely or excessively hazardous
  • un-synthesized — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • unanesthetised — not anaesthetised
  • under the rose — in secret; privately; sub rosa
  • under the wire — a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
  • 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.
  • unextinguished — to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle.
  • unstrengthened — not strengthened or reinforced; not given additional strength
  • up to high doh — extremely excited or keyed up
  • upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
  • volksdeutscher — a member of the German people, especially one of a community having its home outside of Germany, usually in central or eastern Europe.
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