14-letter words containing u, r, i, a, h
- sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
- sulphuric acid — Sulphuric acid is a colourless, oily, and very powerful acid.
- supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
- surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
- surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- thaumaturgical — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
- the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
- the rheumatics — rheumatic pains
- the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
- thermoacoustic — pertaining to a method of cooling using air driven with acoustic power.
- thesaurismosis — storage disease.
- 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.
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- till all hours — until very late
- tiruchirapalli — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- tiruchirappali — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
- triumphal arch — a monumental archway, often erected in permanent materials as a commemorative structure, straddling the line of march of a victorious army during a triumphal procession.
- trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-rightist — a person with extremely right-wing political views
- unapprehensive — slow to understand; not intelligent
- unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
- unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
- undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- under-achiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
- underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- unhumanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
- unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
- unicorn chaser — originally a picture of a unicorn posted on a blog site shortly after an offensive or disturbing picture has been posted, as a kind of antidote to the previous post. Now used of a comforting or innocent image, video clip, or topic viewed or contemplated following a previous, disturbing image, video, etc.
- unit character — a characteristic, usually controlled by a single gene, that is transmitted as a unit in heredity.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- unrhythmically — in an unrhythmical manner
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- ward cunnigham — (person) The creator of the first wiki.
- whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
- xiphihumeralis — a long pectoral muscle found only in felines