14-letter words containing g, i, n, s, h, o
- shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
- single honours — a British university degree course that involves study in a single area
- skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
- 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.
- smooth-running — operating in a flowing and effective manner, without difficulties or obstructions
- smooth-talking — A smooth-talking man talks very confidently in a way that is likely to persuade people, but may not be sincere or honest.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- social housing — Social housing is housing which is provided for rent or sale at a fairly low cost by housing associations and local councils.
- social sharing — the activity of sharing photos, videos, links, etc., on a social-media website, within an interactive application, or through other online channels.
- something else — sth different
- something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- something's up — something is amiss
- sophisticating — a sophisticated person.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
- sporangiophore — a structure bearing sporangia.
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- straight joint — a vertical joint in brickwork that is directly above a vertical joint in the course below
- straighten out — make straighter
- sweet nothings — terms of endearment
- thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
- throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- visiting hours — hospital, prison: period when visits are permitted
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
- whistleblowing — The disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department.
- whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
- white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
- women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
- wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling