13-letter words containing t, h, u
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- self-checkout — A self-checkout is a checkout where customers scan, pack and pay for their goods in a store without being served by a sales associate.
- semester hour — a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester.
- set at naught — to have disregard or scorn for; disdain
- sexual health — health care and counselling related to sexual relations, reproductive health, sexually transmitted infections, etc
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- shark biscuit — a bodyboard
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- shaver outlet — a point in a wall, esp in a bathroom, where you can connect an electric razor to the power supply
- shelving unit — A shelving unit is a flexible display system which can be moved and adjusted to accommodate different product dimensions.
- sheriff court — (in Scotland) a court having jurisdiction to try summarily or on indictment all but the most serious crimes and to deal with most civil actions
- shih huang ti — 259–210 b.c, Chinese emperor c247–210 b.c. initiated the building of the Great Wall of China.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shoot the sun — to measure the altitude of the sun in order to determine latitude
- shoot through — to leave; depart
- short account — the account of a short seller.
- short subject — a short film, as a documentary or travelogue, shown as part of a program with a feature-length film.
- short-circuit — Electricity. to make (an appliance, switch, etc.) inoperable by establishing a short circuit in. to carry (a current) as a short circuit.
- shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
- shub-internet — /shuhb in't*r-net/ (MUD, from H. P. Lovecraft's evil fictional deity "Shub-Niggurath", the Black Goat with a Thousand Young) The harsh personification of the Internet, Beast of a Thousand Processes, Eater of Characters, Avatar of Line Noise, and Imp of Call Waiting; the hideous multi-tendriled entity formed of all the manifold connections of the net. A sect of MUDders worships Shub-Internet, sacrificing objects and praying for good connections. To no avail - its purpose is malign and evil, and is the cause of all network slowdown. Often heard as in "Freela casts a tac nuke at Shub-Internet for slowing her down." (A forged response often follows along the lines of: "Shub-Internet gulps down the tac nuke and burps happily.") Also cursed by users of FTP and telnet when the system slows down. The dread name of Shub-Internet is seldom spoken aloud, as it is said that repeating it three times will cause the being to wake, deep within its lair beneath the Pentagon.
- shunt winding — the winding of an electric motor or generator in such a way that the field and armature circuits are connected in parallel
- shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
- shut the door — put up a barrier
- shutter speed — speed (def 5b).
- slaughterable — (of an animal) ready for slaughter
- sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
- smooth muscle — involuntary muscle tissue in the walls of viscera and blood vessels, consisting of nonstriated, spindle-shaped cells.
- soft shoulder — the unpaved edge of a road.
- south african — of southern Africa.
- south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
- south by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of south. Abbreviation: SbE.
- south by west — a point on the compass 11°15′ west of south. Abbreviation: SbW.
- south dakotan — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
- south dum dum — a city in SE West Bengal state, in E India.
- south georgia — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- south holland — a province in the SW Netherlands. 1086 sq. mi. (2810 sq. km). Capital: The Hague.
- south houston — a town in S Texas.
- south modesto — a town in central California.
- south nahanni — a river in the SW Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing SE from near the Yukon border to the Liard River. 336 miles (540 km) long.
- south ossetia — a region in N Georgia, on the S side of the Caucasus Range. 1506 sq. mi. (3900 sq. km).
- south shields — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River.
- south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
- south-eastern — South-eastern means in or from the south-east of a region or country.
- south-western — South-western means in or from the south-west of a region or country.
- southeasterly — coming from the south east
- southeastward — Also, southeastwards. toward the southeast.
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.