15-letter words containing r, i, g, h, t, s
- gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- gopher tortoise — any North American burrowing tortoise of the genus Gopherus, especially G. polyphemus, of the southeastern U.S.: several species are now reduced in number.
- graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
- great sanhedrin — Sanhedrin (def 1).
- great-sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- group therapist — a psychotherapist who conducts group therapy
- growth industry — an industry that is experiencing rapid growth
- heart-searching — a thorough examination of one's feelings and motives; a self-examination of one's conscience.
- heterogeneities — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
- hierogrammatist — a writer of hierograms, hierogrammate
- high priesthood — the condition or office of a high priest.
- high resolution — a great amount of detail visible in a photographic, TV, or video image
- high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
- histomorphology — histology.
- historiographer — a historian, especially one appointed to write an official history of a group, period, or institution.
- historiographic — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
- housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
- huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- in (the) grease — fat and ready to be killed
- inside straight — Poker. a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
- kingsford-smith — Sir Charles (Edward). 1897–1935, Australian aviator and pioneer (with Charles Ulm) of trans-Pacific and trans-Tasman flights
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- montgomeryshire — a historic county in Powys, in central Wales.
- 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
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- north kingstown — a town in S central Rhode Island.
- northern lights — aurora borealis.
- nothingarianism — Beliefs and practices of a nothingarian.
- nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
- on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- parish register — the register of the christenings, marriages, and burials in a parish.
- parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
- port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- posthole digger — a tool or device for digging a posthole.
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- property rights — a legal right to or in a particular property.
- psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
- ramrod straight — having a very straight figure
- raster graphics — (graphics) Computer graphics in which an image is composed of an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Opposite: vector graphics.