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

  • 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.
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
  • mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
  • murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
  • news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
  • norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
  • operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
  • overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
  • passenger ship — a ship carrying passengers
  • phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
  • phraseological — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
  • pinking shears — shears that have notched blades, for cutting and simultaneously pinking fabric or for finishing garments with a notched, nonfraying edge.
  • pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
  • pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
  • pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • rags to riches — You use rags to riches to describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor.
  • ranch dressing — seasoned mayonnaise sauce
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
  • royal highness — a title used prior to 1917 and designating a brother, sister, child, grandchild, aunt, or uncle belonging to the male line of the royal family. a title used since 1917 and designating a child or grandchild of the sovereign. any person given this title by the Crown.
  • sailing length — a measurement of a yacht, comprising its length on the water line as well as certain measurements taken from the overhangs at bow and stern.
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
  • screen sharing — audiographic teleconferencing
  • seeing as/that — You can use seeing that or seeing as to introduce a reason for what you are saying.
  • self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
  • self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
  • sewing machine — any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
  • shaker heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • share earnings — the earnings returned on the initial investment amount
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
  • shipping agent — a person or company whose business is to prepare shipping documents, arrange shipping space and insurance, and deal with customs requirements
  • shoe repairing — the trade of mending shoes
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • shooting range — place for practising with guns
  • single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
  • sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
  • soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
  • south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
  • sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
  • spanish dagger — a stemless or short-trunked plant, Yucca gloriosa, of the agave family, native to the southeastern U.S., having leaves nearly 2½ feet (75 cm) long, with a stiff, sharp point, and greenish-white or reddish flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide.
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