14-letter words containing g, e, t, h, s, a
- farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- featherweights — Plural form of featherweight.
- fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
- flabberghasted — Simple past tense and past participle of flabberghast.
- flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
- flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
- game show host — a broadcaster who reads the questions or conducts a game show
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
- ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
- given that sth — If you say given that something is the case, you mean taking that fact into account.
- go easy on sth — If you tell someone to go easy on something, you are telling them to use only a small amount of it.
- go on the swag — to become a tramp
- 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.
- 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
- hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
- 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
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- housing estate — housing development.
- housing market — property trade
- hunting season — annual period when hunting is permitted
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
- midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
- mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land