14-letter words containing h, i, g, o, r
- thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
- thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
- through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
- throw light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
- torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
- trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
- training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
- twilight world — a situation of confusion or uncertainty, which seems to exist between two different states or categories
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
- vexillographer — a person who designs or makes flags.
- visiting hours — hospital, prison: period when visits are permitted
- voroshilovgrad — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
- weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.
- wellingborough — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire. Pop: 46 959 (2001)
- whooping crane — a white North American crane, Grus americana, having a loud, whooping call: an endangered species.
- whoremongering — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
- win through to — If you win through to a particular position or stage of a competition, you achieve it after a great effort or by defeating opponents.
- women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
- wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
- wring together — to join (two smooth flat surfaces, esp slip gauges) by hand pressure and a slight twisting movement
- xeroradiograph — an x-ray utilizing a specially coated plate that allows a picture to be developed without the use of liquid chemicals.
- zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
- zygomatic arch — the bony arch at the outer border of the eye socket, formed by the union of the cheekbone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.