15-letter words containing g, e, t, h, s

great sanhedrin — Sanhedrin (def 1).
great south bay — an Atlantic Ocean inlet, between the S shore of Long Island and Fire Island and other barrier islands. 45 miles (72 km) long.
great-sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
green's theorem — one of several theorems that connect an integral in n -dimensional space with one in (n − 1)-dimensional space.
group therapist — a psychotherapist who conducts group therapy
guest of honour — If you say that someone is the guest of honour at a dinner or other social occasion, you mean that they are the most important guest.
have a go at sb — If someone has a go at you, they criticize you, often in a way that you feel is unfair.
have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
heart-searching — a thorough examination of one's feelings and motives; a self-examination of one's conscience.
hedge your bets — play it safe, lessen a risk
hedgehog cactus — any of various rounded, usually spiny cacti of the genus Echinocereus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having bell-shaped flowers that close at night.
hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
heterogeneities — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
heterogeneously — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
hierogrammatist — a writer of hierograms, hierogrammate
high priesthood — the condition or office of a high priest.
high resolution — a great amount of detail visible in a photographic, TV, or video image
high-angle shot — a shot taken from a camera positioned above the action
high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
historiographer — a historian, especially one appointed to write an official history of a group, period, or institution.
housing benefit — In Britain, housing benefit is money that the government gives to people with no income or very low incomes to pay for part or all of their rent.
housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
idiot's delight — any variety of the card game solitaire.
if nothing else — You can say 'if nothing else' to indicate that what you are mentioning is, in your opinion, the only good thing in a particular situation.
in (the) grease — fat and ready to be killed
in the doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
in the eighties — between 80–89 degrees in temperature
indistinguished — (archaic) indistinct.
inhomogeneities — lack of homogeneity.
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.
insight-fulness — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
it is high time — If you say that it is high time that something happened or was done, you are saying in an emphatic way that it should happen or be done now, and really should have happened or been done sooner.
kinesthesiology — The medical and therapeutic study of the movement of muscles and joints.
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-sensitive — (of a surface) having a photoelectric property, such as the ability to generate a current, change its electrical resistance, etc, when exposed to light
lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.
lighthouse tube — a vacuum tube with the electrodes arranged in parallel layers closely spaced, giving a relatively high-power output at high frequencies.
lightning chess — rapid chess in which either each move has a fixed time allowed (usually 10 seconds) or each player is allotted a fixed time (often 5 minutes) for all his moves
longshore drift — beach drift.
longsightedness — Farsight; farsightedness; far sight; long sight.
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.

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