15-letter words containing s, h, a, n, i, g

galloping-ghost — Harold ("Red"; "the Galloping Ghost") 1903–1991, U.S. football player.
garrison finish — the finish of a race, especially a horse race, in which the winner comes from behind to win at the last moment.
giant schnauzer — one of a German breed of large working dogs, resembling a larger and more powerful version of the standard schnauzer, having a pepper-and-salt or pure black, wiry coat, bushy eyebrows and beard, and a docked tail set moderately high, originally developed as a cattle herder but now often used in police work.
gigantopithecus — a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived.
glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
gleichschaltung — the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state
go the distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
go with a swing — If you say that something is going with a swing, you mean that it is lively and exciting.
golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
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.
hang seng index — an index of share prices based on an average of 33 stocks quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
heart-searching — a thorough examination of one's feelings and motives; a self-examination of one's conscience.
hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
heliacal rising — rising of a celestial object at approximately the same time as the rising of the sun
hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
high-angle shot — a shot taken from a camera positioned above the action
high-handedness — condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner.
hypomagnesaemia — the condition of having too little magnesium in the blood, particularly in cattle, in which it is also known as lactation tetany
in (the) grease — fat and ready to be killed
in a tight spot — in difficult situation
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.
king's champion — a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king (King's Champion) or the queen (Queen's Champion) who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.
label switching — (networking) A routing technique that uses information from existing IP routing protocols to identify IP datagrams with labels and forwards them to a modified switch or router, which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. Label switching combines the best attributes of data link layer (layer two) switching (as in ATM and Frame Relay) with the best attributes of network layer (layer three) routing (as in IP). Prior to the formation of the MPLS Working Group in 1997, a number of vendors had announced and/or implemented proprietary label switching.
lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
las vegas night — an evening of casino-style gambling, usually sponsored by a charitable, religious, or other fund-raising organization.
laser machining — Laser machining is a process in which material is removed from a surface using light from a laser.
light and shade — If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood.
light in august — a novel (1932) by William Faulkner.
lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.
madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
measuring chain — a flexible length of metal links used in calculating distances
misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
mohandas gandhi — Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
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
neo-hegelianism — Hegelianism as modified by various philosophers of the latter half of the 19th century.
nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
not give a shit — to not care at all
nothingarianism — Beliefs and practices of a nothingarian.
nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).

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