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14-letter words containing n, i, g, h

  • sweet nothings — terms of endearment
  • swimming baths — an indoor swimming pool
  • 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
  • tacking stitch — a long, loose, temporary stitch used in dressmaking, etc
  • tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
  • teeth grinding — habitual, purposeless clenching and grinding of the teeth, especially during sleep.
  • thanatological — relating to thanatology, the study of death and dying
  • the betting is — If you say the betting is that something will happen or is true, you are suggesting that it is very likely to happen or to be true.
  • the done thing — If you say that something is the done thing, you mean it is the most socially acceptable way to behave.
  • the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
  • the guillotine — a device for beheading persons, consisting of a weighted blade set between two upright posts
  • the mabinogion — a collection of Welsh tales based on old Celtic legends and mythology in which magic and the supernatural play a large part
  • the prize ring — the sport of prizefighting
  • 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.
  • the-mabinogion — a collection of medieval Welsh romances that were translated (1838–49) by Lady Charlotte Guest.
  • 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.
  • thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
  • thermostatting — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
  • 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
  • throat seizing — cuckold's knot.
  • throw light on — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
  • thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
  • thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
  • 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.
  • training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
  • turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
  • turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
  • turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
  • ulrich zwingli — Ulrich [oo l-rikh] /ˈʊl rɪx/ (Show IPA), or Huldreich [hoo l-drahykh] /ˈhʊl draɪx/ (Show IPA), 1484–1531, Swiss Protestant reformer.
  • un-challenging — offering a challenge; testing one's ability, endurance, etc: a challenging course; a challenging game.
  • unchangingness — the quality or state of not changing
  • under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
  • underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
  • unenlightening — not enlightening; not clarifying
  • unextinguished — to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle.
  • 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
  • unsympathizing — not sympathizing; not offering sympathy; unsympathetic
  • varnishing day — vernissage (def 1).
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
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