14-letter words containing h, i, s, t, o, r
- daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
- dead to rights — in an undeniably incriminating situation; red-handed
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- dio chrysostom — 2nd century ad, Greek orator and philosopher
- discus thrower — an athlete whose event is the discus
- dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- eightsome reel — a Scottish dance for eight people
- electric shock — electric current entering the body
- electrochemist — A person who studies or is expert in electrochemistry.
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
- erythrocytosis — Polycythemia.
- erythropoiesis — The production of red blood cells.
- ethnohistorian — One who studies ethnohistory.
- ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
- exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
- farthingsworth — the amount that can be bought with a farthing; a small amount
- fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
- femtochemistry — (chemistry) the study of chemical reactions on a very short time scale, often using pulsed lasers.
- fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- finsteraarhorn — a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak of the Bernese Alps, 14,026 feet (4275 meters).
- flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
- 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.
- 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.
- from the first — From the first means ever since something started.
- g-strophanthin — ouabain.
- geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
- 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
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- hair extension — attached length of hair
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- harpsichordist — One who plays the harpsichord.
- harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
- heads or tails — a gambling game in which a coin is tossed, the winner being the player who guesses which side of the coin will face up when it lands or is caught.
- 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.
- health visitor — In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- heat reservoir — a hypothetical body of infinitely large mass capable of absorbing or rejecting unlimited quantities of heat without undergoing appreciable changes in temperature, pressure, or density.
- heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
- heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
- heterographies — Plural form of heterography.