16-letter words containing l, i, g, h, t, s
- household knight — bachelor (def 5).
- household-knight — an unmarried man.
- in the slightest — at all
- in the spotlight — prominently featured
- inextinguishable — not extinguishable: an inextinguishable fire.
- inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
- knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
- knights of malta — the order of Hospitalers.
- light microscope — microscope (def 1).
- lightheartedness — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- lighthouse clock — an American mantel clock of the early 19th century, having the dial and works exposed beneath a glass dome on a tapered, cylindrical body.
- lighthouse point — a city in NW Florida.
- lighting effects — the illumination of a play, film, etc
- lightning strike — A lightning strike is a strike in which workers stop work suddenly and without any warning, in order to protest about something.
- lightning stroke — a discharge of lightning between a cloud and the earth, esp one that causes damage
- living daylights — having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
- long-established — having a long history; old
- lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
- mayfield heights — a city in N Ohio, near Cleveland.
- mobility housing — houses designed or adapted for people who have difficulty in walking but are not necessarily chairbound
- mos technologies — MOS Technology
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
- nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
- neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
- neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
- ophthalmologists — Plural form of ophthalmologist.
- phantasmagorical — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- pull the strings — be in control
- saddle stitching — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
- saint-ulmo-light — St. Elmo's fire.
- schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
- set light to sth — If you set light to something, you make it start burning.
- shag pile carpet — a large piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor
- sheltering trust — a trust that provides a fund for a beneficiary, as a minor, with the title vested so that the fund or its income cannot be claimed by others, as creditors of the beneficiary.
- shirring elastic — elastic used for shirring
- shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.
- shopping trolley — A shopping trolley is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop.
- shrinking violet — a shy, modest, or self-effacing person.
- sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
- social gathering — party, get-together
- social pathology — a social factor, as poverty, old age, or crime, that tends to increase social disorganization and inhibit personal adjustment.
- south burlington — a town in NW Vermont.
- spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
- standard english — the English language in its most widely accepted form, as written and spoken by educated people in both formal and informal contexts, having universal currency while incorporating regional differences.
- sterling heights — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- sth rings a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
- still photograph — a photograph taken from a cinema film which is used for publicity purposes
- stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.