14-letter words containing i, n, s, h, t, u
- hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- housing estate — housing development.
- housing market — property trade
- human interest — a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humane studies — educational subjects or courses, or texts, that are, or were historically, considered to have a civilizing influence on those who read or studied them
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- hunting season — annual period when hunting is permitted
- ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- in hot pursuit — If you are in hot pursuit of someone, you are chasing after them with great determination.
- in lieu of sth — If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
- insightfulness — The state or condition of being insightful.
- instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
- natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- non-exhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- non-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- non-malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
- nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
- out of fashion — no longer popular
- outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
- pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
- push down list — (programming) (PDL) In ITS days, the preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl.
- relinquishment — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- ride to hounds — to take part in a fox hunt with hounds
- running lights — the lights that a ship or aircraft traveling at night is required to display
- running stitch — a sewing stitch made by passing the needle in and out repeatedly with short, even stitches.
- schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
- shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
- shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle