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14-letter words containing n, s, h, e, l

  • residence hall — Residence halls are buildings with rooms or apartments, usually built by universities or colleges, in which students live during the school year.
  • rhode islander — a person born or living in Rhode Island
  • royal highness — a title used prior to 1917 and designating a brother, sister, child, grandchild, aunt, or uncle belonging to the male line of the royal family. a title used since 1917 and designating a child or grandchild of the sovereign. any person given this title by the Crown.
  • sachsen-anhalt — German name of Saxony-Anhalt.
  • sailing length — a measurement of a yacht, comprising its length on the water line as well as certain measurements taken from the overhangs at bow and stern.
  • sandhill crane — a North American crane, Grus canadensis, having bluish-gray plumage and a red forehead.
  • sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • school edition — a special edition of a book for distribution to schools or colleges, subject to a special rate of discount, sometimes without a dust jacket (distinguished from trade edition).
  • schoolchildren — a child attending school.
  • schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
  • segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
  • self-enriching — to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.: Commerce enriches a nation.
  • self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
  • self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
  • self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • shabby-genteel — trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
  • shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
  • shield volcano — a broad volcano built up from the repeated nonexplosive eruption of basalt to form a low dome or shield, usually having a large caldera at the summit
  • shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
  • shooting lodge — a country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • shoshone falls — waterfall on the Snake River, in S Ida.: c. 200 ft (61 m)
  • shoulder joint — the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle
  • shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
  • shutting stile — the stile of a door or shutter that closes against the frame of the opening.
  • sidereal month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
  • signed english — a form of communication employing the signs of American Sign Language but using English grammar in place of ASL syntax and using invented forms for English grammatical elements, such as of, to, the, and -ing, where no ASL sign exists.
  • simple machine — machine (def 3b).
  • single honours — a British university degree course that involves study in a single area
  • single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
  • sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
  • sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
  • sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
  • sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
  • soil mechanics — the branch of civil engineering that deals with the mechanical behavior of soil and similar materials when they are compressed or sheared or when liquids flow through them.
  • something else — sth different
  • something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
  • south el monte — a town in SW California.
  • southern slavs — one of a group of peoples in eastern, southeastern, and central Europe, including the Russians and Ruthenians (Eastern Slavs) the Bulgars, Serbs, Croats, Slavonians, Slovenes, etc. (Southern Slavs) and the Poles, Czechs, Moravians, Slovaks, etc. (Western Slavs)
  • spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
  • special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
  • spine-chilling — very frightening or horrifying.
  • spinning wheel — a device formerly used for spinning wool, flax, etc., into yarn or thread, consisting essentially of a single spindle driven by a large wheel operated by hand or foot.
  • splash erosion — erosion caused by the impact of falling raindrops.
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
  • stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
  • stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
  • steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
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