14-letter words containing h, i, l, u, s
- harlequinesque — in the manner of a harlequin.
- health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- hellaciousness — Quality of being hellacious.
- hemicelluloses — Plural form of hemicellulose.
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- horticulturist — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
- hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypersexualise — Alternative spelling of hypersexualize.
- hypersexuality — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hypersexualize — To make extremely sexual; to accentuate the sexuality of.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
- in lieu of sth — If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
- inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
- insightfulness — The state or condition of being insightful.
- just like that — suddenly
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
- light the fuse — If someone or something lights the fuse of a particular situation or activity, they suddenly get it started.
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- louis philippe — ("Citizen King") 1773–1850, king of France 1830–48.
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- military brush — one of a pair of matched hairbrushes having no handles, especially for men and boys.
- miller's thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
- miller's-thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
- murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- musical chairs — Also called going to Jerusalem. a game in which players march to music around two rows of chairs placed back to back, there being one chair less than the number of players, the object being to find a seat when the music stops abruptly. The player failing to do so is removed from the game, together with one chair, at each interval.
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
- natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.