15-letter words containing g, a, s, t, h
- historiographer — a historian, especially one appointed to write an official history of a group, period, or institution.
- historiographic — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- in (the) grease — fat and ready to be killed
- in a tight spot — in difficult situation
- inside straight — Poker. a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
- label switching — (networking) A routing technique that uses information from existing IP routing protocols to identify IP datagrams with labels and forwards them to a modified switch or router, which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. Label switching combines the best attributes of data link layer (layer two) switching (as in ATM and Frame Relay) with the best attributes of network layer (layer three) routing (as in IP). Prior to the formation of the MPLS Working Group in 1997, a number of vendors had announced and/or implemented proprietary label switching.
- labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
- lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
- langston hughes — Charles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
- largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
- las vegas night — an evening of casino-style gambling, usually sponsored by a charitable, religious, or other fund-raising organization.
- light and shade — If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood.
- light in august — a novel (1932) by William Faulkner.
- lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.
- madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
- magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
- napier-hastings — a seaport on E North Island, in New Zealand.
- nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
- natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
- nearsightedness — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
- no great shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
- not give a shit — to not care at all
- nothingarianism — Beliefs and practices of a nothingarian.
- nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
- notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
- on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
- one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
- ophthalmologist — a doctor of medicine specializing in ophthalmology.
- opisthognathous — having receding jaws.
- organophosphate — Biochemistry. any of a variety of organic compounds that contain phosphorus and often have intense neurotoxic activity: originally developed as nerve gases, now widely used as insecticides and fire retardants.
- pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- parish register — the register of the christenings, marriages, and burials in a parish.
- parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
- pathophysiology — the physiology of abnormal or diseased organisms or their parts; the functional changes associated with a disease or syndrome.
- personal growth — development as an individual
- phase-switching — a technique used in radio interferometry in which the signal from one of the two antennae is periodically reversed in phase before being multiplied by the signal from the other antenna
- phosphate group — the group or radical obtained by removal of one or more hydrogen atoms from phosphoric acid.
- physiopathology — pathophysiology.
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
- plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
- port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.