14-letter words containing h, i, g, o, r
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- cloister garth — garth (def 1).
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
- configuraholic — (jargon) A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
- courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- crimean gothic — a form of the Gothic language that survived in the Crimea after the extinction of Gothic elsewhere in Europe, known only from a list of words and phrases recorded in the 16th century.
- croagh patrick — a mountain in NW Republic of Ireland, in Mayo: a place of pilgrimage as Saint Patrick is said to have prayed and fasted there. Height: 765 m (2510 ft)
- cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
- cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
- cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- cryptographist — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
- dactyliography — the art of engraving or writing on gems
- daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
- dead to rights — in an undeniably incriminating situation; red-handed
- dehydrogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenize.
- demythologizer — a person who removes mythical elements from something
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- dermatographia — a common medical condition in which lightly rubbing the skin produces red, often raised, temporary marks
- dermatographic — relating to dermatography
- dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
- discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
- drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
- driving school — vehicle operation lessons
- drummond light — calcium light.
- echocardiogram — a graphic record produced by an echocardiograph.
- eightsome reel — a Scottish dance for eight people
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- ethnographical — Ethnographic.
- ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
- farthingsworth — the amount that can be bought with a farthing; a small amount
- fashionmongers — Plural form of fashionmonger.
- fighter-bomber — an aircraft that combines the functions of a fighter and a bomber.
- fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- fishing ground — a part of a body of water where the fishing is usually good.
- flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
- flight control — the direction of airplane movements, especially takeoffs and landings, by messages from the ground.
- flight officer — an officer of the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II, having a rank equivalent to that of a warrant officer junior grade.
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.