14-letter words containing o, h, i, g, n
- clock-watching — the act of checking the time in anticipation of a break or the end of the working day
- coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
- code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
- coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
- coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
- configuraholic — (jargon) A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
- contact flight — a flight in which the pilot remains in sight of land or water
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- cough medicine — Cough medicine is liquid medicine that you take when you have a cough.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- counting house — a room or building used by the accountants of a business
- courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- crimean gothic — a form of the Gothic language that survived in the Crimea after the extinction of Gothic elsewhere in Europe, known only from a list of words and phrases recorded in the 16th century.
- cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
- cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
- cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
- cytopathogenic — causing cytopathy
- dehydrogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenize.
- diagonal cloth — a twilled fabric woven with distinctly diagonal lines.
- diphthongizing — Present participle of diphthongize.
- do one's thing — a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- dovetail hinge — a strap hinge having leaves which are narrower at their junction than at their other extremities.
- drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
- driving school — vehicle operation lessons
- drummond light — calcium light.
- dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
- election night — the evening when the votes from an election are being counted
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
- 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
- enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
- ethnographical — Ethnographic.
- ethnologically — In an ethnological manner or fashion.
- ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
- etiopathogenic — Of or pertaining to etiopathogenesis.
- farthingsworth — the amount that can be bought with a farthing; a small amount
- fashion design — the activity of designing fashionable clothes
- fashionmongers — Plural form of fashionmonger.
- fashionmonging — the act of analysing, following or advising others on fashion
- fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- fencing school — an academy or school where fencing was taught by fencing masters
- fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- finished goods — Finished goods are goods that have completed the manufacturing process, but have not yet been sold.
- fishing ground — a part of a body of water where the fishing is usually good.
- flashing point — flash point (def 1).
- flight control — the direction of airplane movements, especially takeoffs and landings, by messages from the ground.
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.