14-letter words containing n, i, g, h, t, s
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- english setter — bird dog
- english sonnet — a sonnet form developed in 16th-century England and employed by Shakespeare, having the rhyme scheme a b a b c d c d e f e f g g
- english system — the foot-pound-second system of measurement
- english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
- enlightenments — Plural form of enlightenment.
- ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- extinguishment — The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished.
- farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
- farthingsworth — the amount that can be bought with a farthing; a small amount
- field strength — the intensity of an electromagnetic wave at any point in the area covered by a radio or television transmitter
- fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- fishing permit — an official document which allows you to fish in a particular area of water
- fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
- flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
- flashing point — flash point (def 1).
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
- focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
- foreshortening — Fine Arts. to reduce or distort (parts of a represented object that are not parallel to the picture plane) in order to convey the illusion of three-dimensional space as perceived by the human eye: often done according to the rules of perspective.
- forthrightness — The characteristic or quality of being forthright.
- fortysomething — A person whose age is between forty and forty-nine years, inclusive; someone in his or her forties.
- g-strophanthin — ouabain.
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
- ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
- given that sth — If you say given that something is the case, you mean taking that fact into account.
- golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
- goodnight kiss — a kiss given to a person before going home or going to sleep
- gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- haematogenesis — (physiology) The origin and development of blood.
- hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
- hastings banda — Hastings Kamuzu [kah-moo-zoo] /kɑˈmu zu/ (Show IPA), 1906–97, Malawi physician, political leader, and public official: 1st president of Malawi 1966–94.
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- heating system — a system that provides heat to a building or number of buildings
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- housing estate — housing development.
- housing market — property trade
- 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
- hybrid testing — (testing) A combination of top-down testing with bottom-up testing of prioritised or available components.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hyperhygienist — Being too hygienic.