14-letter words containing l, i, h, s, e, n
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- 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
- 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.
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- in all honesty — You say in all honesty when you are saying something that might be disappointing or upsetting, and you want to soften its effect by emphasizing your sincerity.
- in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
- in holy orders — ordained
- 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.
- invisible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- king's english — standard, educated, or correct English speech or usage, especially of England.
- kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
- kochel listing — the chronological number of a composition of Mozart as assigned in the catalog of the composer's works compiled in the 19th century by the Austrian musicologist Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877) and since revised several times. Abbreviation: K.
- landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- mashie niblick — a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.
- mechanicalness — (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being mechanical.
- mechanicsville — a village in E Virginia, near Richmond: Civil War battle 1862.
- melancholiness — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- merchandisable — Suitable for merchandising.
- methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
- middle chinese — the Chinese language of the 7th and 8th centuries a.d. Abbreviation: MChin.
- middle english — the English language of the period c1150–c1475. Abbreviation: ME.
- mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
- modern english — the English language since c1475.
- mont-st-michel — islet just off the NW coast of France, noted for its fortified abbey
- moon jellyfish — a coelenterate, Aurelia aurita, inhabiting all seas, having a luminescent milky-pink or milky-orange, umbrellalike disk 3–9 inches (8–23 cm) in diameter.
- murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- neighborliness — having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
- neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- news headlines — a short news broadcast briefly outlining the main news stories of the day
- non perishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.