14-letter words containing h, o, l, s, t, n
- north-easterly — A north-easterly point, area, or direction is to the north-east or towards the north-east.
- north-westerly — A north-westerly point, area, or direction is to the north-west or towards the north-west.
- northern isles — Orkney and Shetland
- not merely sth — You use not merely before the less important of two contrasting statements, as a way of emphasizing the more important statement.
- oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
- ornithologists — Plural form of ornithologist.
- orthoselection — orthogenesis (def 1a).
- outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- philanthropist — a person who practices philanthropy.
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- plotting sheet — a blank chart having only a compass rose and latitude lines, longitude lines, or both, marked and annotated, as required, by a navigator.
- plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- port nicholson — the first British settlement in New Zealand, established on Wellington Harbour in 1840: grew into Wellington
- psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
- psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human
- psychoanalytic — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- push down list — (programming) (PDL) In ITS days, the preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl.
- pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
- saint nicholas — Saint ("Nicholas the Great") died a.d. 867, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 858–867.
- school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
- schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
- shalach manoth — the practice of giving gifts to one another or to the needy on Purim.
- shifty-looking — having the appearance of being dishonest
- shillingsworth — the amount that can be purchased for a shilling
- shoo-fly plant — apple of Peru.
- shooting lodge — a country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
- sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- 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.
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- something else — sth different
- something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
- south el monte — a town in SW California.
- south portland — a city in SW Maine.
- southern slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
- spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
- staghorn coral — staghorn coral.
- stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
- stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
- stand-off half — a player who acts as a link between his scrum half and three-quarter backs
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
- teach a lesson — give a class, give instruction