14-letter words containing h, i, g, e, l, s
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
- geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
- goodfellowship — cheerful company
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- hedge clippers — clippers or shears used to trim hedges
- heiligenschein — a ring of light around the shadow cast by a person's head, especially on a dewy, sunlit lawn, caused by reflection and diffraction of light rays; halo.
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
- high explosive — a class of explosive, as TNT, in which the reaction is so rapid as to be practically instantaneous, used in shells and bombs.
- highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
- highland games — a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
- insightfulness — The state or condition of being insightful.
- king's english — standard, educated, or correct English speech or usage, especially of England.
- kochel listing — the chronological number of a composition of Mozart as assigned in the catalog of the composer's works compiled in the 19th century by the Austrian musicologist Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877) and since revised several times. Abbreviation: K.
- landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
- lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- light the fuse — If someone or something lights the fuse of a particular situation or activity, they suddenly get it started.
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
- malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
- methodologists — Plural form of methodologist.
- middle english — the English language of the period c1150–c1475. Abbreviation: ME.
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
- modern english — the English language since c1475.
- murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
- neighborliness — having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
- norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
- oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
- oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
- photogeologist — a person who studies or has a profession in photogeology
- phraseological — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- pidgin english — a pidgin language based on English formerly used in commerce in Chinese ports.
- plotting sheet — a blank chart having only a compass rose and latitude lines, longitude lines, or both, marked and annotated, as required, by a navigator.
- pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.