14-letter words containing a, n, e, s, t, h
- inhabitiveness — the disposition to remain in one place; the inclination not to leave home
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
- isothiocyanate — a chemical compound containing the univalent radical –NCS.
- isthmian games — one of the great national festivals of ancient Greece, held every two years on the Isthmus of Corinth.
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- james stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- john constable — John, 1776–1837, English painter.
- kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
- king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
- kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- 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.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- machine stitch — a stitch created by a sewing machine
- machine-stitch — to sew on a sewing machine.
- magnetospheres — Plural form of magnetosphere.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- make the scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
- mathematicians — Plural form of mathematician.
- matjes herring — young herring that have not spawned, often prepared with vinegar, sugar, salt, and spices.
- metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metaphysicians — Plural form of metaphysician.
- metencephalons — Plural form of metencephalon.
- methane series — alkane series.
- methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
- midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
- mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
- mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
- narcosynthesis — a treatment for psychiatric disturbances that uses narcotics.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
- nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
- new haven stem — a straight stem for flatbottomed boats in which the ends of the side planking are mitered and covered with a sheet of metal, the stem piece being wholly inside.
- news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
- nietzscheanism — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
- no sooner…than — immediately after or when
- non-exhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- nonestablished — without the official support of the government
- nonmechanistic — Not mechanistic.
- north ayrshire — a council area of W central Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde: comprises the N part of the historical county of Ayrshire, including the Isle of Arran; formerly part of Strathclyde Region (1975–96): chiefly agricultural, with fishing and tourism. Administrative centre: Irvine. Pop: 136 030 (2003 est). Area: 884 sq km (341 sq miles)