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13-letter words containing h, i, g, e, l, s

  • give the slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
  • globe thistle — any of various Old World, thistlelike, composite plants of the genus Echinops, having dense heads of tubular blue or white flowers.
  • golan heights — a range of hills in the Middle East, possession of which is disputed between Israel and Syria: under Syrian control until 1967 when they were stormed by Israeli forces; Jewish settlements have since been established. Highest peak: 2224 m (7297 ft)
  • golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
  • haematologist — A scientist, usually a medical doctor, who specializes in haematology.
  • half-digested — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
  • hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
  • hanging stile — the stile of a door, shutter, etc., by which it is hung.
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • hellgrammites — Plural form of hellgrammite (Alternative spelling of hellgramites).
  • hematologists — Plural form of hematologist.
  • heresiologist — a person who studies or writes about heresies.
  • herpetologist — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
  • heteroglossia — (linguistics) the coexistence of distinct varieties within a single linguistic code.
  • hieroglyphics — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
  • hieroglyphist — a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
  • homeschooling — a school set up in the home.
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
  • irish english — the English language as spoken in Ireland; Hiberno-English.
  • isle of wight — Isle of, an island off the S coast of England, forming an administrative division of Hampshire. 147 sq. mi. (381 sq. km). County seat: Newport.
  • kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
  • light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
  • light whiskey — a light-colored, mild whiskey aged in new or used casks for not less than four years
  • lightfastness — The quality of being lightfast.
  • lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
  • lightlessness — The state or condition of being lightless; absence of light.
  • lightsomeness — (archaic) The quality of being lightsome.
  • line of sight — Also called line of sighting. an imaginary straight line running through the aligned sights of a firearm, surveying equipment, etc.
  • load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
  • lose sight of — no longer see
  • luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
  • maple heights — a city in NE Ohio.
  • methodologies — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • methodologist — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
  • middleweights — Plural form of middleweight.
  • might as well — have no reason not to
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • night shelter — an organization that provides dormitory-style accommodation for the homeless at night, or the accommodation so provided
  • nightcrawlers — Plural form of nightcrawler.
  • organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
  • orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
  • palos heights — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
  • paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
  • phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
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