14-letter words containing l, i, g, h, t, n
- straight angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one half of the circle; an angle of 180°.
- strip lighting — Strip lighting is a method of lighting which uses long tubes rather than light bulbs.
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- switch selling — a system of selling, now illegal in Britain, whereby potential customers are attracted by a special offer on some goods but the salesman's real aim is to sell other more expensive goods instead
- teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
- thanatological — relating to thanatology, the study of death and dying
- the guillotine — a device for beheading persons, consisting of a weighted blade set between two upright posts
- the real thing — If you say that a thing or event is the real thing, you mean that it is the thing or event itself, rather than an imitation or copy.
- theriogenology — the branch of veterinary medicine encompassing all aspects of reproduction.
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- three-pin plug — an electrical plug with three pins or metal projections to fit into a socket
- throw light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- total fighting — a combat sport in which very few restrictions are placed on the type of blows or tactics that may be used
- track lighting — lighting for a room or other area in which individual spotlight fixtures are attached along a narrow, wall- or ceiling-mounted metal track through which current is conducted, permitting flexible positioning of the lights.
- trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- unenlightening — not enlightening; not clarifying
- unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
- unknightliness — the quality or condition of being unknightly
- unrightfulness — the quality of being unjust or unrightful
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
- weight lifting — sport: competition to lift barbells
- weightlessness — being without apparent weight, as a freely falling body or a body acted upon by a force that neutralizes gravitation.
- whale watching — the activity of observing whales in their natural surroundings
- whistleblowing — The disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department.
- whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
- whistling duck — any of several long-legged, chiefly tropical ducks of the genus Dendrocygna, most of which have whistling cries.
- whistling swan — the small North American subspecies, Cygnus columbianus columbianus, of the tundra swan.
- white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
- wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
- yield strength — the stress necessary to produce a given inelastic strain in a material.