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13-letter words containing h, a, i, l, n, g

  • paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
  • parking light — The parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width.
  • pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
  • photogelatine — relating to photographic processes in which gelatine is used in receiving or transferring prints
  • plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
  • playwrighting — the writing of plays
  • reading light — any small electric light that you use for reading. You can usually move it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading. It can be attached to a wall or shelf in the home, or be above your head inside an aircraft or other vehicle.
  • rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
  • rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • shaking palsy — Parkinson's disease.
  • shilling mark — a virgule, as used as a divider between shillings and pence: One reads 2/6 as “two shillings and sixpence” or “two and six.”.
  • shingle beach — a beach made of a mass of small pieces of rough stone
  • shipping lane — sea lane.
  • shopping mall — mall (def 1).
  • shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
  • single father — a father who brings up a child or children alone, without a partner.
  • single thread — the execution of an entire task from beginning to end without interruption
  • single-handed — accomplished or done by one person alone: a single-handed victory; single-handed sailing.
  • singles chart — a ranked chart of popular music (individual songs, not albums or collections) for a specific period of time
  • slide changer — a device for changing the slide displayed in a projector
  • small holding — a piece of land rented or sold to a farmer by county authorities for purposes of cultivation.
  • solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
  • sphagnicolous — growing in moss
  • sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
  • stamen blight — a disease of blackberries, characterized by a gray, powdery mass of spores covering the anthers, caused by a fungus, Hapalosphaeria deformans.
  • straight-line — (of a machine) having components that are arranged in a row or that move in a straight line when in operation
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
  • talking chief — a noble who serves as public spokesperson for the chief in some Polynesian tribes.
  • technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • thanatologist — a person who engages in the academic study of death and dying
  • the highlands — mountainous region occupying nearly all of the N half of Scotland
  • threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
  • tintagel head — a cape in SW England, on the W coast of Cornwall.
  • touch-in-goal — the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.
  • trash-talking — disparaging or boastful language used especially to demoralize or intimidate opponents: trash-talking in the locker room.
  • tsinling shan — a mountain range in central China: highest peak over 12,000 feet (3660 meters).
  • unchallenging — not challenging or difficult; not providing a challenge; easy
  • untheological — not theological; not of or pertaining to the nature of theology
  • walking horse — Tennessee walking horse.
  • wall lighting — a system of lighting that is fixed onto a wall
  • warning light — a light that indicates danger
  • watering hole — a bar, nightclub, or other social gathering place where alcoholic drinks are sold.
  • white-slaving — traffic in white slaves.
  • woolgathering — indulgence in idle fancies and in daydreaming; absentmindedness: His woolgathering was a handicap in school.
  • world-shaking — of sufficient size or importance to affect the entire world: the world-shaking effects of an international clash.
  • zone-leaching — A horizon.
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