14-letter words that end in h
- trash and cash — (of a stock-exchange transaction) involving the circulation of damaging information about a share that has recently been sold, with the intention of repurchasing it at a lower price
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- 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.
- tropical month — the period of time taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
- tumbler switch — electrical control
- twenty-seventh — next after the twenty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 27.
- two-toed sloth — either of two sloths of the genus Choloepus, having two claws on the forelimbs and three on the hind limbs, including C. didactylus and C. hoffmanni.
- under-research — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- up to high doh — extremely excited or keyed up
- upwards of sth — A quantity that is upwards of a particular number is more than that number.
- variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
- vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
- virginia beach — a town in SE Virginia.
- visible speech — the representation in graphic or pictorial form of characteristics of speech, as by means of sound spectrograms.
- walk away with — escape
- warm the bench — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.
- weaver's hitch — sheet bend.
- wellingborough — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire. Pop: 46 959 (2001)
- western church — the Roman Catholic Church, sometimes with the Anglican Church, or, more broadly, the Christian churches of the West.
- whirlpool bath — a bath in which the body is immersed in swirling water as therapy or for relaxation.
- whooping cough — an infectious disease of the respiratory mucous membrane, caused by Bordetella pertussis, characterized by a series of short, convulsive coughs followed by a deep inspiration accompanied by a whooping sound.
- winnipeg couch — a couch with no arms or back, opening out into a double bed
- woolly mammoth — a large extinct elephant
- wristlet watch — a watch that is attached to a band or bracelet
- wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.
- xeroradiograph — an x-ray utilizing a specially coated plate that allows a picture to be developed without the use of liquid chemicals.
- yield strength — the stress necessary to produce a given inelastic strain in a material.
- zygomatic arch — the bony arch at the outer border of the eye socket, formed by the union of the cheekbone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.