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14-letter words containing h, a, i, r, s, l

  • claustrophilia — abnormal pleasure derived from being in a confined space
  • claustrophobia — Someone who suffers from claustrophobia feels very uncomfortable or anxious when they are in small or enclosed places.
  • claustrophobic — You describe a place or situation as claustrophobic when it makes you feel uncomfortable and unhappy because you are enclosed or restricted.
  • clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
  • clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
  • cloister garth — garth (def 1).
  • cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
  • colporrhaphies — Plural form of colporrhaphy.
  • cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
  • daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
  • daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
  • discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
  • disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
  • disinthralling — the act of freedom from thraldom
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
  • faraday shield — an enclosure constructed of grounded wire mesh or parallel wires that shields sensitive electrical instruments from electrostatic interference.
  • fillister head — a cylindrical screw head.
  • 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
  • framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
  • garlic crusher — a kitchen implement used to crush cloves of garlic
  • genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • hadrian's wall — a wall of defense for the Roman province of Britain, constructed by Hadrian between Solway Firth and the mouth of the Tyne.
  • hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • halicarnassian — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
  • hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
  • harlequinesque — in the manner of a harlequin.
  • hasan al-basri — died 728 ad, Muslim religious thinker
  • heads or tails — a gambling game in which a coin is tossed, the winner being the player who guesses which side of the coin will face up when it lands or is caught.
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • health service — system of medical care
  • health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
  • health visitor — In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
  • hello, sailor! — (jargon)   Occasional West Coast equivalent of hello, world; seems to have originated at SAIL, later associated with the game Zork (which also included "hello, aviator" and "hello, implementor"). Originally from the traditional hooker's greeting to a swabbie fresh off the boat, of course.
  • hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
  • heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
  • herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
  • heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
  • highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
  • historicalness — The quality of being historical.
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