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14-letter words containing h, m, g

  • rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
  • salmon fishing — the sport of angling for salmon
  • segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
  • sewing machine — any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
  • shaving mirror — small adjustable mirror
  • shooting match — a contest in marksmanship.
  • shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
  • six-eight time — a form of compound duple time in which there are six quaver beats to the bar, indicated by the time signature 68
  • slanging match — A slanging match is an angry quarrel in which people insult each other.
  • smash-and-grab — A smash-and-grab is a robbery in which a person breaks a shop window, takes the things that are on display there, and runs away with them.
  • smoker's cough — a chronic cough caused by smoking.
  • smooth dogfish — any of several requiem sharks having no spines in front of the dorsal fin, especially Mustelus canis, ranging along the American coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • smooth-running — operating in a flowing and effective manner, without difficulties or obstructions
  • smooth-talking — A smooth-talking man talks very confidently in a way that is likely to persuade people, but may not be sincere or honest.
  • smooth-tongued — fluent or convincing in speech; glib.
  • something else — sth different
  • something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • something's up — something is amiss
  • sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
  • sparring match — a practice boxing match
  • staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
  • stigmatophilia — a love for body piercing or tattooing that is accompanied by sexual arousal
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • swimming baths — an indoor swimming pool
  • thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
  • thaumaturgical — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
  • 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
  • the game is up — If you say the game is up, you mean that someone's secret plans or activities have been revealed and therefore must stop because they cannot succeed.
  • the long march — a journey of about 10 000 km (6000 miles) undertaken (1934–35) by some 100 000 Chinese Communists when they were forced out of their base in Kiangsi in SE China. They made their way to Shensi in NW China; only about 8000 survived the rigours of the journey
  • the mabinogion — a collection of Welsh tales based on old Celtic legends and mythology in which magic and the supernatural play a large part
  • the three magi — the wise men from the East who came to do homage to the infant Jesus (Matthew 2:1–12) and traditionally called Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar
  • the-mabinogion — a collection of medieval Welsh romances that were translated (1838–49) by Lady Charlotte Guest.
  • theologoumenon — a theological assertion or statement not derived from divine revelation
  • thermal imager — a piece of equipment used to detect or provide images of people or things
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
  • thermoregulate — to maintain regular temperature, esp regular body temperature
  • thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • tragacanth gum — Tragacanth gum is a gum obtained from the tragacanth plant, used as a suspending agent.
  • 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.
  • ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
  • unsympathizing — not sympathizing; not offering sympathy; unsympathetic
  • voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
  • ward cunnigham — (person)   The creator of the first wiki.
  • wheel clamping — the practice of attaching wheel clamps to vehicles
  • whipping cream — cream with enough butterfat to allow it to be made into whipped cream.
  • white mahogany — an Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus acmenioides.
  • whoremongering — someone who consorts with whores; a lecher or pander.
  • women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
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