14-letter words containing g, a, s, t, h
- 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.
- graphic artist — sb who draws, paints, prints, etc.
- 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.
- haematophagous — (of certain animals) feeding on blood
- haight-ashbury — a district of San Francisco, in the central part of the city: a center for hippies and the drug culture in the 1960s.
- 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
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
- high as a kite — very drunk
- histologically — In an histological manner.
- histopathology — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
- historiography — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hospital light — hopper casement.
- 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.
- ichthyophagist — a person who eats or subsists on fish.
- ichthyophagous — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- 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.
- legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
- 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
- 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.
- mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
- 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.