14-letter words containing h, i, g, t, o
- floating heart — any of certain aquatic plants belonging to the genus Nymphoides, of the gentian family, especially N. aquatica, having floating, more or less heart-shaped leaves and a cluster of small, white, five-petaled flowers.
- focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
- food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
- foreshortening — Fine Arts. to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- forthrightness — The characteristic or quality of being forthright.
- fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
- g-strophanthin — ouabain.
- galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
- galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
- genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
- geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
- gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
- get rid of sth — When you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it.
- ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
- go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
- go in the tank — to lose or fail badly or on purpose
- go night-night — go night-night, Baby Talk. to go to bed or to sleep.
- go to bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
- goliath beetle — any very large tropical scarabaeid beetle of the genus Goliathus, esp G. giganteus of Africa, which may grow to a length of 20 centimetres
- goodnight kiss — a kiss given to a person before going home or going to sleep
- gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
- graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
- graphitization — (geology) The formation of graphite from other organic materials.
- greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
- group of eight — the Group of Seven nations and Russia, whose heads of government meet to discuss economic matters and international relations
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- haematogenesis — (physiology) The origin and development of blood.
- haematological — Alternative spelling of hematological.
- have bought it — to be killed
- have it coming — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
- height of land — a watershed
- helminthologic — of or pertaining to helminthology
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- hermit kingdom — Korea during the period, c1637–c1876, when it was cut off from contact with all countries except China.
- herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
- herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
- heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
- heterozygosity — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- hierogrammatic — of or relating to a hierogram
- highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
- 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.
- hogging moment — a bending moment that produces convex bending at the supports of a continuously supported beam
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck