14-letter words containing h, i, g, s, o
- heresiographer — a person who writes about heresy
- herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
- heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
- heterozygosity — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- high explosive — a class of explosive, as TNT, in which the reaction is so rapid as to be practically instantaneous, used in shells and bombs.
- highs and lows — If you refer to the highs and lows of someone's life or career, you are referring to both the successful or happy times, and the unsuccessful or bad times.
- histologically — In an histological manner.
- histopathology — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
- historiography — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hospital light — hopper casement.
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- housing estate — housing development.
- housing market — property trade
- housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- hunting season — annual period when hunting is permitted
- hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hygroscopicity — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
- ichthyophagist — a person who eats or subsists on fish.
- ichthyophagous — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- 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.
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- 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-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- living history — any of various activities involving the re-enactment of historical events or the recreation of living conditions of the past
- lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
- magic mushroom — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
- 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
- marsh marigold — a yellow-flowered plant, Caltha palustris, of the buttercup family, growing in marshes and meadows; cowslip.
- mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
- 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.
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- modern english — the English language since c1475.
- monophthongise — Alternative spelling of monophthongize.
- nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience