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

  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
  • eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
  • elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
  • english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
  • extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
  • farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
  • farthingsworth — the amount that can be bought with a farthing; a small amount
  • fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
  • flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
  • flashing point — flash point (def 1).
  • for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
  • g-strophanthin — ouabain.
  • genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
  • given that sth — If you say given that something is the case, you mean taking that fact into account.
  • go easy on sth — If you tell someone to go easy on something, you are telling them to use only a small amount of it.
  • go on the swag — to become a tramp
  • golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
  • granddaughters — Plural form of granddaughter.
  • great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
  • gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • haematogenesis — (physiology) The origin and development of blood.
  • hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
  • hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
  • hangman's knot — a slip noose for hanging a person, usually having eight or nine turns around the rope.
  • hastings banda — Hastings Kamuzu [kah-moo-zoo] /kɑˈmu zu/ (Show IPA), 1906–97, Malawi physician, political leader, and public official: 1st president of Malawi 1966–94.
  • headstrongness — The property of being headstrong, stubbornness.
  • heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
  • heating system — a system that provides heat to a building or number of buildings
  • homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • housing estate — housing development.
  • housing market — property trade
  • hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
  • hunting season — annual period when hunting is permitted
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • in this regard — on this point
  • isthmian games — one of the great national festivals of ancient Greece, held every two years on the Isthmus of Corinth.
  • king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
  • landing lights — aircraft lights used when landing
  • laughing stock — object of others' amusement
  • laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
  • laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
  • 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
  • low-angle shot — a shot taken with the camera placed in a position below and pointing upward at the subject.
  • m'naghten test — a rule that defines a person as legally insane when that person cannot distinguish right from wrong.
  • magnetospheres — Plural form of magnetosphere.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
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