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14-letter words containing e, n, s, h, r, i

  • fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
  • fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
  • fashionmongers — Plural form of fashionmonger.
  • field strength — the intensity of an electromagnetic wave at any point in the area covered by a radio or television transmitter
  • finsteraarhorn — a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak of the Bernese Alps, 14,026 feet (4275 meters).
  • fishing permit — an official document which allows you to fish in a particular area of water
  • flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
  • for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
  • foreshortening — Fine Arts. to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
  • forthrightness — The characteristic or quality of being forthright.
  • fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
  • framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
  • french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
  • fringed orchis — any of several American orchids of the genus Habenaria, having a cut, fringed lip.
  • garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
  • garrison house — a style of early New England house in which the second floor projects beyond the first.
  • genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
  • ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
  • graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
  • 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.
  • hair extension — attached length of hair
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • hammerstein ii — Oscar. 1895–1960, US librettist and songwriter: collaborated with the composer Richard Rodgers in musicals such as South Pacific (1949) and The Sound of Music (1959)
  • hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
  • hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
  • harlequinesque — in the manner of a harlequin.
  • harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
  • head restraint — a rest or support of any kind for the head.
  • heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
  • heart-stricken — deeply grieved or greatly dismayed
  • heat-resistant — able to resist and remain unaffected by heat
  • heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
  • heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
  • hendersonville — a city in S Tennessee.
  • henry j kaiser — Henry J(ohn) 1882–1967, U.S. industrialist.
  • heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
  • hereditariness — (rare) The property of being hereditary.
  • hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
  • herniated disk — an abnormal protrusion of a spinal disk between vertebrae, most often in the lumbar region of the spine, causing pain due to pressure on spinal nerves.
  • hertzian waves — radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation resulting from the oscillations of electricity in a conductor
  • heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
  • highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
  • hinoki cypress — an evergreen tree, Chamaecyparis obtusa, of Japan, having scalelike leaves and orange-brown cones, grown for timber and as an ornamental.
  • historicalness — The quality of being historical.
  • home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
  • home ownership — the situation of owning one's house or flat, or of having a mortgage on it
  • horizontalness — The property of being horizontal.
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