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14-letter words containing h, i, g, e, s

  • hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hyperhygienist — Being too hygienic.
  • in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
  • in this regard — on this point
  • insightfulness — The state or condition of being insightful.
  • isthmian games — one of the great national festivals of ancient Greece, held every two years on the Isthmus of Corinth.
  • king's english — standard, educated, or correct English speech or usage, especially of England.
  • king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
  • kirghiz steppe — a steppe in Kazakhstan.
  • 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.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
  • marking scheme — a plan or guidelines used in the marking of school children's or students' written work by teaching staff
  • matjes herring — young herring that have not spawned, often prepared with vinegar, sugar, salt, and spices.
  • mesh stockings — stockings with a netted pattern or made out of a netted material such as lace or netted nylon
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • methodologists — Plural form of methodologist.
  • middle english — the English language of the period c1150–c1475. Abbreviation: ME.
  • middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
  • midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
  • mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
  • mischief night — Halloween or, in some areas, the night before Halloween, as an occasion for pranks and minor vandalism by young people.
  • modern english — the English language since c1475.
  • monophthongise — Alternative spelling of monophthongize.
  • murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
  • neighborliness — having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
  • neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
  • nether regions — the lower part of a place, esp when unpleasant or frightening
  • news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
  • norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
  • nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
  • oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
  • one's eighties — the ages between 80–89
  • operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
  • overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
  • 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
  • passenger ship — a ship carrying passengers
  • phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
  • photogeologist — a person who studies or has a profession in photogeology
  • phraseological — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
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