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14-letter words containing e, p, h, l, i, s

  • simple machine — machine (def 3b).
  • simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
  • simplex method — a numerical method for solving problems in linear programming.
  • sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
  • sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
  • sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
  • sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
  • social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
  • spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
  • special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
  • special school — A special school is a school for children who have some kind of serious physical or mental problem.
  • spine-chilling — very frightening or horrifying.
  • spinning wheel — a device formerly used for spinning wool, flax, etc., into yarn or thread, consisting essentially of a single spindle driven by a large wheel operated by hand or foot.
  • splash erosion — erosion caused by the impact of falling raindrops.
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
  • steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
  • the apple isle — Tasmania
  • the slush pile — the unsolicited manuscripts sent by hopeful authors to a publisher, considered as a whole
  • the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
  • twilight sleep — a state of semiconsciousness, usually produced by hypodermic injections of scopolamine and morphine, used chiefly to effect relatively painless childbirth.
  • un-replenished — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • visible speech — the representation in graphic or pictorial form of characteristics of speech, as by means of sound spectrograms.
  • web-publishing — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
  • webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
  • well-published — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
  • whiplash-curve — the lash of a whip.
  • worshipfulness — The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.
  • xiphihumeralis — a long pectoral muscle found only in felines
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