14-letter words containing s, g, h, w
- alaska highway — a road extending from Dawson Creek, British Columbia, to Fairbanks, Alaska: built by the US Army (1942). Length: 2452 km (1523 miles)
- aswan high dam — a dam on the Nile forming a reservoir (Lake Nasser) extending 480 km (300 miles) from the First to the Third Cataracts: opened in 1971, it was built 6 km (4 miles) upstream from the old Aswan Dam (built in 1902 and twice raised). Height of dam: 109 m (365 ft)
- big red switch — (jargon) (BRS) IBM jargon for the power switch on a computer, especially the "Emergency Pull" switch on an IBM mainframe or the power switch on an IBM PC where it really is large and red. "This [email protected]%$% bitty box is hung again; time to hit the Big Red Switch." It is alleged that the emergency pull switch on an IBM 360/91 actually fired a non-conducting bolt into the main power feed; the BRSes on more recent mainframes physically drop a block into place so that they can't be pushed back in. People get fired for pulling them, especially inappropriately (see also molly-guard). Compare power cycle, three-finger salute, 120 reset; see also scram switch.
- bowstring hemp — a hemplike fibre obtained from the sansevieria
- braunschweiger — a smoked liver sausage, named after the city of Braunschweig
- charles wright — Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
- 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.
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- cruiserweights — Plural form of cruiserweight.
- crystal growth — Crystal growth is the process of making a crystal grow by continuing to remove a component from a solution.
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- eggshell white — a yellowish white colour
- english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
- farthingsworth — the amount that can be bought with a farthing; a small amount
- featherweights — Plural form of featherweight.
- fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- gallows humour — sinister and ironic humour
- game show host — a broadcaster who reads the questions or conducts a game show
- george hw bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- go on the swag — to become a tramp
- goodfellowship — cheerful company
- great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
- hawaiian goose — nene.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
- highs and lows — If you refer to the highs and lows of someone's life or career, you are referring to both the successful or happy times, and the unsuccessful or bad times.
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- king's highway — a highway built by the national government.
- king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
- kwangsi chuang — Guangxi Zhuang.
- landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
- longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- low-angle shot — a shot taken with the camera placed in a position below and pointing upward at the subject.
- lu-wang school — School of Mind.
- news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
- phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
- sandwich glass — any of various forms of glassware manufactured at Sandwich, Mass., from 1825 to c1890.
- sewing machine — any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
- shawinigan-sud — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, S of Shawinigan.
- sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
- shillingsworth — the amount that can be purchased for a shilling
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
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