14-letter words containing i, l, e, s
- high explosive — a class of explosive, as TNT, in which the reaction is so rapid as to be practically instantaneous, used in shells and bombs.
- highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
- highland games — a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- hobbledehoyish — of or like a hobbledehoy
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- holiday season — period: November to January
- holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
- holy of holies — a place of special sacredness.
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- homeric simile — a simile developed over several lines of verse, especially one used in an epic poem.
- horizontalness — The property of being horizontal.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- horsetail tree — beefwood (def 1).
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hostile sexism — a theory that sexism toward women is multidimensional, one form (hostile sexism) reflecting negative views of women who challenge traditional gender roles, and the other form (benevolent sexism) reflecting positive views of women who conform to these roles.
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
- hydrochlorides — Plural form of hydrochloride.
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
- hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- 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.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- i'll/we'll see — People say 'I'll see' or 'We'll see' to indicate that they do not intend to make a decision immediately, and will decide later.
- idealistically — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
- idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
- if it kills me — If you say that you will do something if it kills you, you are emphasizing that you are determined to do it even though it is extremely difficult or painful.
- ijsselmeer dam — a dam in the NW Netherlands
- Îles marquises — a group of volcanic islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 8712 (2002). Area: 1287 sq km (497 sq miles)
- ill-considered — lacking thorough consideration; ill-suited; unwise.
- ill-suited for — unsuitable for something
- illiterateness — Quality of being illiterate.
- illustratively — In an illustrative manner.
- immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- immaterializes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immaterialize.
- immaterialness — The state of being immaterial; immateriality.
- impassableness — The quality of being impassable.
- impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
- impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.