14-letter words that end in ts
- or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
- ornithologists — Plural form of ornithologist.
- out of spirits — sad; depressed
- outer garments — the garments that are worn over a person's other clothes
- overallotments — Plural form of overallotment.
- parking lights — the parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width
- pink elephants — a facetious name applied to hallucinations caused by drunkenness
- progressivists — the principles and practices of progressives.
- put down roots — settle: in a place
- reinforcements — the act of reinforcing.
- running lights — the lights that a ship or aircraft traveling at night is required to display
- saturated fats — a type of single-bond animal or vegetable fat, as that found in butter, meat, egg yolks, and coconut or palm oil, that in humans tends to increase cholesterol levels in the blood. Compare saturated (def 3).
- school of arts — a public building in a small town, originally one used for adult education
- shaker heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- smelling salts — a preparation for smelling, essentially of ammonium carbonate with some agreeable scent, used as a stimulant and restorative.
- sow one's oats — to indulge in adventure or promiscuity during youth
- start-up costs — the costs of setting up a business or other project
- states' rights — the rights and powers generally conceded to the states, or all those powers claimed for the states under some interpretations of the Constitution
- the footlights — the theater, or acting as a profession
- the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
- toreador pants — women's close-fitting slacks that extend to or slightly above the calf, styled after the pants traditionally worn by Spanish bullfighters.
- traffic lights — a set of coloured lights placed at crossroads, junctions, etc, to control the flow of traffic
- training pants — briefs or shorts of cotton with added thickness, worn by a young child during toilet training.
- turn of events — If there is a particular turn of events, a particular series of things happen.
- variable costs — Variable costs are costs that vary depending on how much of a product is made.
- varsity sports — sports involving the main or first teams at a high school, college, or university
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- waste products — the useless products of bodily processes
- wear the pants — trousers (def 1).
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
- work prospects — chances of gaining employment