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17-letter words containing t, h, u

  • south sea company — a British joint stock company that traded in South America in the 18th century. The South Sea Company took over the national debt in return for a monopoly of trade with the South Seas, causing feverish speculation in their stocks, and a financial crash in 1720 (the South Sea Bubble)
  • south sea islands — the islands in the S Pacific that constitute Oceania
  • south west africa — a former name of Namibia.
  • south-west africa — a former name of Namibia.
  • southampton water — an inlet of the English Channel in S England
  • southeast by east — a point on the compass 11°15′ east of southeast. Abbreviation: SEbE.
  • southern rhodesia — a former name (until 1964) of Zimbabwe (def 1).
  • southern sporades — a group of Greek islands in the Aegean, including the Dodecanese, lying off the SW coast of Turkey
  • southern studfish — See under studfish.
  • southern triangle — the constellation Triangulum Australe.
  • southwest by west — a point on the compass 11°15′ west of southwest. Abbreviation: SWbW.
  • specific humidity — the ratio of the mass of water vapor in air to the total mass of the mixture of air and water vapor.
  • speech difficulty — a problem encountered in speaking
  • spiritual healing — faith healing
  • square the circle — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
  • squatter's rights — the rights to a property claimed by someone who has occupied it in the owner's absence
  • squeegee merchant — a person who attempts to make money by squeegeeing the windscreens of cars that are stopped at traffic lights and then asking for payment
  • stannous chloride — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, SnCl 2 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly as a reducing and tinning agent, and as a mordant in dyeing with cochineal.
  • state the obvious — point out sth already evident
  • statutory holiday — a public holiday; a holiday all workers are entitled to
  • stretch limousine — a limousine that has been lengthened to provide extra seating accommodation and more legroom
  • stretching course — (in brickwork) a course of stretchers.
  • stump-jump plough — a plough designed for use on land not cleared of stumps
  • substantive right — a right, as life, liberty, or property, recognized for its own sake and as part of the natural legal order of society.
  • sulfurated potash — a yellowish-brown mixture consisting mainly of potassium polysulfides and potassium thiosulfate, used in treating mange.
  • sulphur butterfly — sulfur butterfly.
  • sunbury-on-thames — a town in SE England, in N Surrey. Pop: 27 415 (2001)
  • support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
  • swainson's thrush — a North American thrush, Catharus ustulatus, having olive upper parts and wintering south to Argentina.
  • synchronous motor — a synchronous machine that acts as a motor.
  • synchronous orbit — an orbit in which the orbital period of a satellite is identical to the spin period of the central body
  • take sth on trust — If you take something on trust after having heard or read it, you believe it completely without checking it.
  • teacher education — training to become a teacher, usually at an institution of higher education
  • technical support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
  • teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
  • telephone numbers — extremely large numbers, esp in reference to salaries or prices
  • temperature chart — a chart monitoring and recording somebody's body temperature, as of a patient at a hospital, etc
  • tetrafluoroethene — a dense colourless gas that is polymerized to make polytetrafluorethene (PTFE). Formula: F2C:CF2
  • the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
  • the buckeye state — a nickname for Ohio
  • the bulldog breed — people who fought in either of the World Wars
  • the carboniferous — the Carboniferous period or rock system
  • the cold shoulder — a show of indifference; slight
  • the evil day/hour — If someone is putting off the evil day or the evil hour, they have to do something unpleasant and are trying to avoid doing it for as long as possible.
  • the final curtain — the closing of the curtain at the end of the action of a play
  • the horse's mouth — the most reliable source
  • the humber bridge — a single-span suspension bridge (1981) that crosses the Humber, with a main span of 1410 m (4626 ft)
  • the last judgment — the occasion, after the resurrection of the dead at the end of the world, when, according to biblical tradition, God will decree the final destinies of all men according to the good and evil in their earthly lives
  • the life and soul — a person regarded as the main source of merriment and liveliness
  • the major leagues — the two main leagues of professional baseball clubs in the U.S., the National League and the American League
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