14-letter words containing h, i, g, t, e, c
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- light reaction — the stage of photosynthesis during which light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll and transformed into chemical energy stored in ATP
- light-coloured — having a light colour
- magnetic chart — a chart showing the magnetic properties of a portion of the earth's surface, as dip, variation, and intensity.
- magnetic epoch — a geologically long period of time during which the magnetic field of the earth retains the same polarity. The magnetic field may reverse during such a period for a geologically short period of time (a magnetic event)
- magnetic north — north as indicated by a magnetic compass, differing in most places from true north.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- mesh stockings — stockings with a netted pattern or made out of a netted material such as lace or netted nylon
- methodological — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- mischief night — Halloween or, in some areas, the night before Halloween, as an occasion for pranks and minor vandalism by young people.
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- nontheological — not theological, not having theological content
- north germanic — the subbranch of Germanic that includes the languages of Scandinavia and Iceland.
- oligocythaemia — a condition in which a person lacks red blood cells
- oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
- operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
- photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
- piece of eight — peso (def 4).
- piece together — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
- pitching piece — apron piece.
- pitching wedge — a club with a face angle of more than 50°, used for short, lofted pitch shots
- psychogenetics — the study of internal or mental states
- pterylographic — relating to pterylography
- 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.
- 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.
- short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
- steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stick together — be united
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
- switch selling — a system of selling, now illegal in Britain, whereby potential customers are attracted by a special offer on some goods but the salesman's real aim is to sell other more expensive goods instead
- target vehicle — a spacecraft used to develop and practise orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the lunar missions
- teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
- teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
- the atomic age — the current historical period, initiated by the development of the first atomic bomb towards the end of World War II and now marked by a balance of power between nations possessing the hydrogen bomb and the use of nuclear power as a source of energy
- thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
- thick register — chest register.
- thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- 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.
- voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
- weight watcher — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.