14-letter words containing h, p, g, l
- radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
- reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
- rogue elephant — a vicious elephant that has been exiled from the herd.
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
- shopping plaza — a complex of stores, banks, movie theaters, etc.; shopping center.
- sleep together — have sex with one another
- sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
- sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
- sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
- spine-chilling — very frightening or horrifying.
- spinning wheel — a device formerly used for spinning wool, flax, etc., into yarn or thread, consisting essentially of a single spindle driven by a large wheel operated by hand or foot.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- stigmatophilia — a love for body piercing or tattooing that is accompanied by sexual arousal
- strip lighting — Strip lighting is a method of lighting which uses long tubes rather than light bulbs.
- sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
- sulphur spring — a natural hot spring containing sulphur, believed to have curative properties
- tachygraphical — characteristic of tachygraphy
- telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
- telegraph pole — A telegraph pole is a tall wooden pole with telephone wires attached to it, connecting several different buildings to the telephone system.
- telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- telephotograph — a photograph taken with a telephoto lens.
- thalassography — oceanography, especially that branch dealing with smaller bodies of water, as bays, sounds, and gulfs.
- the palaeogene — the Palaeogene period or system
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
- three-pin plug — an electrical plug with three pins or metal projections to fit into a socket
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
- twilight sleep — a state of semiconsciousness, usually produced by hypodermic injections of scopolamine and morphine, used chiefly to effect relatively painless childbirth.
- vexillographer — a person who designs or makes flags.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- web-publishing — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
- webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
- wheel clamping — the practice of attaching wheel clamps to vehicles
- xylopyrography — the technique of making a picture or design on wood using a hot iron or another heated instrument
- xylotypography — a type of printing using wooden blocks
- zoophytologist — an expert in zoophytology