16-letter words containing v, s, h
- thaddeus stevens — Alfred, 1817–75, English painter and sculptor.
- thanksgiving day — a national holiday celebrated as a day of feasting and giving thanks for divine favors or goodness, observed on the fourth Thursday of November in the U.S. and in Canada on the second Monday of October.
- the beaver state — a name for the state of Oregon
- the heavens open — If the heavens open, it suddenly starts raining very heavily.
- the noes have it — there is a majority of votes in the negative
- the renosterveld — an area of high altitude in SW South Africa, having fertile ground
- the silver ferns — the women's international netball team of New Zealand
- the silver state — the nickname of the US state of Nevada, which comes from the large amount of silver discovered and mined there
- the unobservable — something that cannot be observed
- thick as thieves — very close friends
- thieves' kitchen — a thieves' hideout
- traveler's check — a check issued in any of various denominations by a bank, travel agency, etc., that is signed by the purchaser upon purchase and again, in the presence of the payee, when cashing the check or using it to pay for goods or services.
- vaughan williams — Ralph, 1872–1958, English composer.
- vauxhall gardens — a public garden at Vauxhall, laid out in 1661; a fashionable meeting place and site of lavish entertainments. Closed in 1859
- vestibule school — a school in an industrial establishment where new employees are given specific training in the jobs they are to perform.
- visiting teacher — a teacher in a public school system, assigned to give home instruction to sick or disabled pupils.
- voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
- weather advisory — advisory (def 5).
- whatever sb does — You say whatever you do when giving advice or warning someone about something.
- whirling dervish — a member of a Turkish order of dervishes, or Sufis, whose ritual consists in part of a highly stylized whirling dance.