15-letter words containing n, i, g, h, t, s
- motoring school — an organization that provides driving lessons
- napier-hastings — a seaport on E North Island, in New Zealand.
- nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
- natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
- nearsightedness — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- neighbor states — the states or countries next to another state or country
- night blindness — a condition of the eyes in which vision is normal in daylight but abnormally poor at night or in a dim light; nyctalopia.
- night-sky light — the faint glow of the night sky, caused by such phenomena as airglow and zodiacal light.
- nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- north kingstown — a town in S central Rhode Island.
- northern lights — aurora borealis.
- not give a shit — to not care at all
- nothingarianism — Beliefs and practices of a nothingarian.
- nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
- notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
- on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
- one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
- opisthognathous — having receding jaws.
- pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
- phase-switching — a technique used in radio interferometry in which the signal from one of the two antennae is periodically reversed in phase before being multiplied by the signal from the other antenna
- phenomenologist — the study of phenomena.
- pigeon shooting — the act of hunting and shooting live pigeons
- pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
- port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- quite something — a remarkable or noteworthy thing or person
- reversing light — Reversing lights are the white lights on the back of a motor vehicle which shine when the vehicle is in reverse gear.
- rhesus negative — relating to blood not containing Rhesus antigen D
- right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- school teaching — School teaching is the work done by teachers in a school.
- scotch highland — any of a breed of small, hardy, usually dun-colored, shaggy-haired beef cattle with long, widespread horns, able to withstand the cold and sparse pasturage of its native western Scottish uplands.
- scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
- serve one right — to act as a servant.
- shearing strain — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
- shearing stress — a force causing two contacting parts or layers to slide upon each other, in opposite directions parallel to the plane of their contact
- shearing-stress — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
- sheet lightning — lightning appearing merely as a general illumination over a broad area, usually because the path of the flash is obscured by clouds.
- shooting script — a motion-picture scenario having the scenes arranged in the order in which they are to be photographed.
- shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
- shopping center — a group of stores within a single architectural plan, supplying most of the basic shopping needs, especially in suburban areas.
- shopping centre — A shopping centre is a specially built area containing a lot of different shops.
- shotgun wedding — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- shunting engine — switch engine.
- sign the pledge — to make a vow to abstain from alcoholic drink
- singing teacher — a teacher who gives instruction in how to sing