14-letter words containing t, o, d, s, h
- endophenotypes — Plural form of endophenotype.
- fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
- field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
- fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- formal methods — (mathematics, specification) Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
- futtock shroud — any of several metal rods secured at their lower ends to a futtock band and at their upper ends to a futtock plate, connecting the lower mast to the topmast rigging.
- geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
- get hold of sb — If you get hold of someone, you manage to contact them.
- get rid of sth — When you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it.
- go to the dogs — a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
- goodnight kiss — a kiss given to a person before going home or going to sleep
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hardware store — shop selling DIY or home-improvement supplies
- harpsichordist — One who plays the harpsichord.
- heads or tails — a gambling game in which a coin is tossed, the winner being the player who guesses which side of the coin will face up when it lands or is caught.
- headstrongness — The property of being headstrong, stubbornness.
- heart and soul — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- hebetudinosity — mental dullness; insipidity
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- hepatectomised — Alt form hepatectomized.
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- hold to ransom — to keep (prisoners, property, etc) in confinement until payment for their release is made or received
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
- hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
- hound's-tongue — any of various plants belonging to the genus Cynoglossum, of the borage family, especially C. officinale, having coarse, tongue-shaped leaves, dull purple flowers, and prickly nutlets.
- house of study — Beth Midrash.
- household arts — activities such as sewing, cooking, etc, that are conducted in the running of a household
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
- hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
- hydrocortisone — Biochemistry. a steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 5 , of the adrenal cortex, active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydroscopicity — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
- hypothyroidism — deficient activity of the thyroid gland.
- in other words — that is to say
- in short order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.