14-letter words containing ha
- that's done it — an exclamation of frustration when something is ruined
- that's torn it — an unexpected event or circumstance has upset one's plans
- thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
- thaumaturgical — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
- the charioteer — the constellation Auriga
- the upper hand — If you have the upper hand in a situation, you have more power than the other people involved and can make decisions about what happens.
- the whim-whams — an uneasy, nervous feeling; the jitters
- tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
- to call a halt — If someone calls a halt to something such as an activity, they decide not to continue with it or to end it immediately.
- to change tack — If you change tack or try a different tack, you try a different method for dealing with a situation.
- 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 have it out — If you have it out or have things out with someone, you discuss a problem or disagreement very openly with them, even if it means having an argument, because you think this is the best way to solve the problem.
- to lend a hand — If you lend someone a hand, you help them.
- to shake hands — If you shake hands with someone, you take their right hand in your own for a few moments, often moving it up and down slightly, when you are saying hello or goodbye to them, congratulating them, or agreeing on something. You can also say that two people shake hands.
- toothache tree — prickly ash (def 1).
- top-hat scheme — a pension scheme for the senior executives of an organization
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- trihalomethane — a type of chemical compound in which three of the hydrogen atoms in a methane molecule have been replaced by halogen atoms, esp by chlorine in drinking water. Trihalomethanes are thought to be carcinogenic
- triiodomethane — iodoform.
- 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.
- try one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- tymshare, inc. — (company) The US company that created the TYMNET network.
- ultrahazardous — extremely or excessively hazardous
- un-challenging — offering a challenge; testing one's ability, endurance, etc: a challenging course; a challenging game.
- unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
- unchangingness — the quality or state of not changing
- unchauvinistic — not chauvinistic
- underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
- underhand chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop where the axeman stands on the log, which is placed on the ground
- undiminishable — unable to be diminished
- unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
- unhandsomeness — unattractiveness
- 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.
- unmerchantable — (of goods) not suitable for trading
- unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
- unthankfulness — the quality or condition of being unthankful; lack of thankfulness; ungratefulness
- untouchability — the quality or condition of being an untouchable, ascribed in the Vedic tradition to persons of low caste or to persons excluded from the caste system.
- unvanquishable — not able to be vanquished or overcome; unconquerable; undefeatable
- v-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall followed by a correspondingly sharp rise
- victor charlie — a Vietcong or the Vietcong; the VC.
- vishakhapatnam — a seaport in Andhra Pradesh, in E India, on the Bay of Bengal.
- vote of thanks — A vote of thanks is an official speech in which the speaker formally thanks a person for doing something.
- voyage charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified number of voyages
- wainscot chair — an armchair of the 17th century, made of oak and having a solid paneled back.
- waltham forest — a borough of Greater London, England.
- wappenschawing — a periodical muster or review of the men under arms in a particular lordship or district
- ward cunnigham — (person) The creator of the first wiki.
- wave mechanics — a form of quantum mechanics formulated in terms of a wave equation, as the Schrödinger equation.
- weltanschauung — a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.