14-letter words containing g, n, o, s
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- highs and lows — If you refer to the highs and lows of someone's life or career, you are referring to both the successful or happy times, and the unsuccessful or bad times.
- hognosed skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- honours degree — a degree at honours level
- hooker's green — a medium green to strong yellowish green.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- hound's-tongue — any of various plants belonging to the genus Cynoglossum, of the borage family, especially C. officinale, having coarse, tongue-shaped leaves, dull purple flowers, and prickly nutlets.
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- housing estate — housing development.
- housing market — property trade
- housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- hunting season — annual period when hunting is permitted
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hyperosteogeny — excessive bone development.
- hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
- immunogenetics — the branch of immunology dealing with the study of immunity in relation to genetic makeup.
- immunostaining — (uncountable, immunology) Any of several staining techniques that are used to detect specific proteins.
- imposing stone — a slab, formerly of stone but now usually of metal, on which pages of type or plates are imposed and on which type correcting in the page is done.
- in a good seam — doing well, esp financially
- in good season — early enough
- in one's glory — at one's best, happiest, etc.
- incongruencies — Plural form of incongruency.
- incontiguously — in an incontiguous or unconnected fashion; discretely
- indigenisation — Alternative spelling of indigenization.
- indigenousness — The quality or state of being indigenous.
- ingloriousness — The state of being inglorious.
- integrationist — a person who believes in, supports, or works for social integration.
- interest group — a group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern: Political interest groups seek to influence legislation.
- interreligious — existing or communicating between different religions.
- interrogations — Plural form of interrogation.
- interrogatives — Plural form of interrogative.
- intertriginous — (medicine) Of or relating to intertrigo.
- investigations — Plural form of investigation.
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
- jingoistically — (manner) In a jingoistic manner.
- kangaroo grass — a tall widespread Australian grass, Themeda australis, which is highly palatable to cattle and is used for fodder
- king of beasts — the lion.
- king's counsel — a body of barristers of a higher status who are specially appointed to be the crown's counsel, and who are permitted to plead inside the bar in the court.
- king's proctor — a British judiciary officer who may intervene in probate, nullity, or divorce actions when collusion, suppression of evidence, or other irregularities are alleged.
- kings mountain — a ridge in N South Carolina: American victory over the British 1780.
- kissing cousin — any more or less distant kin familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss, as a cousin (kissing cousin)
- knowledge base — (artificial intelligence) A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).