15-letter words containing i, s, h
- french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
- french-speaking — able to speak French
- fresh-air fiend — a person who enjoys being outdoors or having good ventilation when indoors
- friedrichshafen — a city in Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, on Lake Constance.
- fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- fusospirochetes — Plural form of fusospirochete.
- gaia hypothesis — a model of the earth as a self-regulating organism, advanced as an alternative to a mechanistic model.
- galloping-ghost — Harold ("Red"; "the Galloping Ghost") 1903–1991, U.S. football player.
- garrison finish — the finish of a race, especially a horse race, in which the winner comes from behind to win at the last moment.
- geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
- geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
- geomorphogenist — one who studies, or is an expert in, geomorphogeny
- geomorphologist — A geologist whose speciality is geomorphology.
- georg simon ohm — Georg Simon [gey-awrk zee-mawn] /geɪˈɔrk ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1787–1854, German physicist.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- get wise to sth — If you get wise to something, you find out about it, especially when someone has been trying to keep it secret.
- giant schnauzer — one of a German breed of large working dogs, resembling a larger and more powerful version of the standard schnauzer, having a pepper-and-salt or pure black, wiry coat, bushy eyebrows and beard, and a docked tail set moderately high, originally developed as a cattle herder but now often used in police work.
- gigantopithecus — a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived.
- give sth a miss — If you give something a miss, you decide not to do it or not to go to it.
- give sth a rest — If someone tells you to give something a rest, they want you to stop doing it because it annoys them or because they think it is harming you.
- give them heaps — to contend strenuously with an opposing sporting team
- glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
- glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
- gleichschaltung — the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state
- glossographical — relating to glossography
- gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
- go the distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- go with a swing — If you say that something is going with a swing, you mean that it is lively and exciting.
- golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- good-fellowship — a pleasant, convivial spirit; comradeship; geniality.
- gopher tortoise — any North American burrowing tortoise of the genus Gopherus, especially G. polyphemus, of the southeastern U.S.: several species are now reduced in number.
- graphic display — the way in which line drawings and text are displayed
- grasshopper pie — a custardlike pie, flavored and colored with green crème de menthe and served in a graham-cracker crust.
- graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
- great sanhedrin — Sanhedrin (def 1).
- great-sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- group therapist — a psychotherapist who conducts group therapy
- growth industry — an industry that is experiencing rapid growth
- hair extensions — synthetic or human hair attached to the hair on someone's head to give the appearance of longer hair
- hair specialist — an expert in the treatment and care of human hair
- hair transplant — the surgical transfer of clumps of skin with hair or of viable hair follicles from one site of the body to another, usually performed to correct baldness.
- hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- hang seng index — an index of share prices based on an average of 33 stocks quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
- harbour station — the part of a port where boats shelter or station
- hard disk drive — (storage) (HDD) A disk drive used to read and write hard disks.
- hardship clause — a clause in a contract which covers unforeseen events that would make it more difficult for one party to complete the contract, and in which case offers alternative terms
- harlequin snake — the E American coral snake (Micrurus fulvius)