14-letter words containing t, i, e, d, h, o
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- simplex method — a numerical method for solving problems in linear programming.
- south tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 151 700 (2003 est). Area: 64 sq km (25 sq miles)
- southern-fried — coated with flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fried in deep fat: Southern-fried chicken.
- spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
- spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
- 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
- that's done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
- 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 done thing — If you say that something is the done thing, you mean it is the most socially acceptable way to behave.
- the federation — the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901
- the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
- the ordovician — the Ordovician period or rock system
- theodore bilbo — Theodore Gilmore [gil-mawr,, -mohr] /ˈgɪl mɔr,, -moʊr/ (Show IPA), 1877–1947, U.S. Southern populist politician: senator 1935–47.
- theory of mind — Psychology, Philosophy. the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc.: People with autism seem to lack theory of mind. Abbreviation: ToM, TOM.
- 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.
- thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.
- thetford mines — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada: asbestos mining.
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- to have had it — If you say that someone has had it, you mean they are in very serious trouble or have no hope of succeeding.
- to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
- trichomonacide — an agent that destroys trichomonads
- triiodomethane — iodoform.
- tripe-de-roche — rock tripe.
- trisoctahedron — a solid bounded by 24 identical faces in groups of three, each group corresponding to one face of an octahedron.
- 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.
- weather window — a limited interval when weather conditions can be expected to be suitable for a particular project, such as laying offshore pipelines, reaching a high mountain summit, launching a satellite, etc
- when it's done — (jargon) A manufacturer's non-answer to questions about product availability. This answer allows the manufacturer to pretend to communicate with their customers without setting themselves any deadlines or revealing how behind schedule the product really is. It also sounds slightly better than "We don't know".
- wild west show — an entertainment, often as part of a circus, representing scenes and events from the early history of the western U.S. and displaying feats of marksmanship, horseback riding, rope twirling, and the like.
- wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
- xanthosiderite — a mineral, hydrous iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 ⋅2H 2 O.