15-letter words containing h, i, g, e, s
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- posthole digger — a tool or device for digging a posthole.
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- property rights — a legal right to or in a particular property.
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
- queen's english — king's English.
- queen's highway — king's highway.
- quite something — a remarkable or noteworthy thing or person
- raster graphics — (graphics) Computer graphics in which an image is composed of an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Opposite: vector graphics.
- religious house — a convent or monastery.
- religious right — US right-wing Christian movement
- revenue sharing — the system of disbursing part of federal tax revenues to state and local governments for their use.
- reverse english — Also called reverse side. Billiards. a spinning motion imparted to a cue ball in such a manner as to prevent it from moving in a certain direction. Compare running English.
- reversing light — Reversing lights are the white lights on the back of a motor vehicle which shine when the vehicle is in reverse gear.
- rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
- riding breeches — calf-length trousers of whipcord or other durable fabric, flaring at the sides of the thighs and fitting snugly at and below the knees, worn with riding boots for horseback riding, hunting, etc.
- right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
- right of search — the privilege of a nation at war to search neutral ships on the high seas for contraband or other matter, carried in violation of neutrality, that may subject the ship to seizure.
- right to choose — the right of a woman to have a legal abortion if she chooses to do so.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- running english — the giving of English or spin to the cue ball to enable it to bounce in the direction of a certain angle. Compare reverse English (def 1).
- saguia el hamra — the N part of Western Sahara.
- sausage machine — a machine for making sausages
- schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schmitt trigger — a bistable circuit that gives a constant output when the input voltage is above a specified value
- school teaching — School teaching is the work done by teachers in a school.
- schooner-rigged — rigged as a schooner, especially with gaff sails and staysails only.
- scottish gaelic — the Gaelic of the Hebrides and the Highlands of Scotland, also spoken as a second language in Nova Scotia.
- seeding machine — a machine for sowing seeds
- semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
- serve one right — to act as a servant.
- sharing economy — a system in which people rent, borrow, or share commodities, services, and resources owned by individuals, usually with the aid of online technology, in an effort to save money, cut costs, and reduce waste.
- she'll be right — that's all right; not to worry
- shearing strain — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
- shearing stress — a force causing two contacting parts or layers to slide upon each other, in opposite directions parallel to the plane of their contact
- shearing-stress — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
- sheet lightning — lightning appearing merely as a general illumination over a broad area, usually because the path of the flash is obscured by clouds.
- shipping losses — the total loss of a navy's ships in wartime, esp with reference to those sunk during the Second World War
- shire highlands — an upland area of S Malawi. Average height: 900 m (3000 ft)
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
- shopping center — a group of stores within a single architectural plan, supplying most of the basic shopping needs, especially in suburban areas.
- shopping centre — A shopping centre is a specially built area containing a lot of different shops.
- shotgun wedding — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- shoulder girdle — pectoral girdle (def 2).
- shunting engine — switch engine.