14-letter words containing h, g
- bill of rights — A Bill of Rights is a written list of citizens' rights which is usually part of the constitution of a country.
- binding handle — (networking) An identifier representing the connection between a client and server. An association between client/server end-points and protocols.
- bioarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the remains of living things
- biogeochemical — of or relating to biogeochemistry
- birthing chair — a chair constructed to allow a woman in labour to give birth in a sitting position
- birthing stool — a stool constructed to allow a woman in labour to give birth in a sitting position
- black as night — totally dark
- blade-shearing — the shearing of sheep using hand shears
- bleeding heart — If you describe someone as a bleeding heart, you are criticizing them for being sympathetic towards people who are poor and suffering, without doing anything practical to help.
- boarding house — A boarding house is a house which people pay to stay in for a short time.
- body snatching — the act or practice of robbing a grave to obtain a cadaver for dissection.
- boring machine — a machine that bores holes, tunnels, etc
- bottom fishing — investing in low-priced shares that show prospects of recovery or in shares that are low-priced because of a general market decline in the hope of making a profit
- bowstring hemp — a hemplike fibre obtained from the sansevieria
- brachydiagonal — the shorter lateral axis of a rhombic prism
- branch manager — a person who manages the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
- branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
- brass farthing — something of little or no value
- braunschweiger — a smoked liver sausage, named after the city of Braunschweig
- breathtakingly — thrillingly beautiful, remarkable, astonishing, exciting, or the like: a breathtaking performance.
- breech-loading — (of a firearm) loaded at the breech
- bremsstrahlung — the radiation produced when an electrically charged particle, esp an electron, is slowed down by the electric field of an atomic nucleus or an atomic ion
- bring sth home — To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.
- bring to light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- british guiana — Guyana
- british legion — (in Britain) a national social club for veterans of the armed forces.
- broad daylight — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- bronchorrhagia — hemorrhage from the bronchial tubes.
- budget heading — a heading in a budget under which an expenditure is listed
- bulgur (wheat) — wheat that has been cooked, dried, and coarsely ground: used to make tabbouleh or, sometimes, pilaf or couscous
- bunching onion — a multistemmed onion plant resembling the scallion that does not form a real bulb, used in Asian cookery.
- burghley house — an Elizabethan mansion near Stamford in Lincolnshire: seat of the Cecil family; site of the annual Burghley Horse Trials
- bush telegraph — a means of communication between primitive peoples over large areas, as by drum beats
- button-through — (of a dress or skirt) fastened with buttons from top to hem
- by a long shot — People sometimes use the expression by a long shot to emphasize the opinion they are giving.
- cable's length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- calligraphical — calligraphic
- cambridgeshire — a county of E England, in East Anglia: includes the former counties of the Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and lies largely in the Fens: Peterborough became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Cambridge. Pop (excluding Peterborough): 571 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Peterborough): 3068 sq km (184 sq miles)
- campaign chest — money collected and set aside for use in a campaign, especially a political one; a campaign fund.
- carriage horse — a horse trained and groomed to draw carriages.
- carriage house — coach house.
- cartographical — Pertaining to cartography.
- casinghead gas — natural gas obtained from an oil well.
- catch sight of — to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
- cathodographer — a person trained in taking cathodographs
- cavalry charge — a charge by mounted troops
- champagne cork — a cork used in a champagne bottle
- change machine — a machine that provides smaller denomination coins or notes in exchange for larger ones
- change of life — The change of life is the menopause.
- change of pace — variation in tempo or mood, in the presentation of acts in a variety show, etc.