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14-letter words containing a, g, h, s

  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
  • ichthyophagist — a person who eats or subsists on fish.
  • ichthyophagous — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
  • in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
  • in this regard — on this point
  • iris diaphragm — a composite diaphragm with a central aperture readily adjustable for size, used to regulate the amount of light admitted to a lens or optical system.
  • island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
  • isthmian games — one of the great national festivals of ancient Greece, held every two years on the Isthmus of Corinth.
  • king's highway — a highway built by the national government.
  • king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
  • kwangsi chuang — Guangxi Zhuang.
  • landing lights — aircraft lights used when landing
  • landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
  • laughing stock — object of others' amusement
  • laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
  • laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
  • legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
  • lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
  • longleat house — an Elizabethan mansion near Warminster in Wiltshire, built (from 1568) by Robert Smythson for Sir John Thynne; the grounds, landscaped by Capability Brown, now contain a famous safari park
  • longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
  • lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
  • low-angle shot — a shot taken with the camera placed in a position below and pointing upward at the subject.
  • lu-wang school — School of Mind.
  • m'naghten test — a rule that defines a person as legally insane when that person cannot distinguish right from wrong.
  • magic mushroom — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
  • magnetospheres — Plural form of magnetosphere.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
  • manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
  • marginal hacks — (humour)   Margaret Jacks Hall, a building into which the Stanford AI Lab was moved near the beginning of the 1980s (from the D.C. Power Lab).
  • marking scheme — a plan or guidelines used in the marking of school children's or students' written work by teaching staff
  • marsh marigold — a yellow-flowered plant, Caltha palustris, of the buttercup family, growing in marshes and meadows; cowslip.
  • mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
  • matjes herring — young herring that have not spawned, often prepared with vinegar, sugar, salt, and spices.
  • megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
  • midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
  • mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
  • murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
  • myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
  • nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
  • nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
  • natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
  • news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
  • norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
  • oceanographers — Plural form of oceanographer.
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