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14-letter words that end in h

  • scrape through — only just succeed
  • screen refresh — refresh rate
  • segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
  • servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
  • seventy-eighth — next after the seventy-seventh; being the ordinal number for 78.
  • seventy-fourth — next after the seventy-third; being the ordinal number for 74.
  • shalach manoth — the practice of giving gifts to one another or to the needy on Purim.
  • shear strength — the degree to which a material or bond is able to resist shear
  • shemoneh esreh — the Amidah, consisting of 19 blessings, recited on days other than the Sabbath and holy days.
  • sheva brachoth — the seven blessings said during the marriage service and repeated at the celebration thereafter
  • shillingsworth — the amount that can be purchased for a shilling
  • shooting match — a contest in marksmanship.
  • shoulder patch — a cloth emblem worn on the upper part of a sleeve of a uniform typically as identification of the organization to which the wearer is assigned.
  • shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
  • shulchan aruch — the main codification of Jewish law derived from the Talmud, compiled by the 16th-century rabbi, Joseph Caro
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • signed english — a form of communication employing the signs of American Sign Language but using English grammar in place of ASL syntax and using invented forms for English grammatical elements, such as of, to, the, and -ing, where no ASL sign exists.
  • simchath torah — a Jewish festival, celebrated on the 23rd day of Tishri, being the 9th day of Sukkoth, that marks the completion of the annual cycle of the reading of the Torah in the synagogue and the beginning of the new cycle.
  • slanging match — A slanging match is an angry quarrel in which people insult each other.
  • sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
  • sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
  • smoker's cough — a chronic cough caused by smoking.
  • smooth dogfish — any of several requiem sharks having no spines in front of the dorsal fin, especially Mustelus canis, ranging along the American coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • sobriety coach — a person who is employed to help another to refrain from drinking alcohol
  • son of a bitch — a contemptible or thoroughly disagreeable person; scoundrel.
  • spanner wrench — a spanner with a fixed opening that cannot be adjusted to different sizes
  • sparring match — a practice boxing match
  • special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
  • spirit varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
  • squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
  • standard pitch — concert pitch
  • station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
  • straight flush — a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.
  • straining arch — an arch for resisting thrusts, as in a flying buttress.
  • strike it rich — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • strike through — cross out
  • subject to sth — If an event will take place subject to a condition, it will take place only if that thing happens.
  • surajah dowlah — Siraj-ud-daula.
  • swimmer's itch — an inflammation of the skin, resembling insect bites, caused by burrowing larval forms of schistosomes.
  • tacking stitch — a long, loose, temporary stitch used in dressmaking, etc
  • take the fifth — next after the fourth; being the ordinal number for five.
  • talk about sth — You can say talk about before mentioning a particular expression or situation, when you mean that something is a very striking or clear example of that expression or situation.
  • telephotograph — a photograph taken with a telephoto lens.
  • text to speech — (application)   (TTS) Automatic conversion of text streams to voice.
  • the last laugh — the final success in an argument, situation, etc, after previous defeat
  • the long march — a journey of about 10 000 km (6000 miles) undertaken (1934–35) by some 100 000 Chinese Communists when they were forced out of their base in Kiangsi in SE China. They made their way to Shensi in NW China; only about 8000 survived the rigours of the journey
  • thirty-seventh — next after the thirty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 37.
  • throw a wrench — If someone throws a wrench or throws a monkey wrench into a process, they prevent something happening smoothly by deliberately causing a problem.
  • to draw breath — If you do not have time to draw breath, you do not have time to have a break from what you are doing.
  • to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
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