14-letter words containing s, h, a, p, e, n
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
- graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- happenstantial — Being or relating to happenstance.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- heaven help sb — You say 'Heaven help someone' when you are worried that something bad is going to happen to them, often because you disapprove of what they are doing or the way they are behaving.
- hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
- hyperawareness — The state of being hyperaware, or extremely sensitive to stimuli.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypernephromas — Plural form of hypernephroma.
- hyperresonance — the state or quality of being resonant.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- hypnotherapist — A practitioner of hypnotherapy.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
- in parenthesis — You say 'in parenthesis' to indicate that you are about to add something before going back to the main topic.
- inapprehension — lack of apprehension.
- inapprehensive — not apprehensive (often followed by of).
- james stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- japanese holly — an evergreen shrub, Ilex crenata, of Japan, having black fruit and box-shaped foliage, widely grown as an ornamental.
- japanese larch — a tree, Larix kaempferi, of Japan, having bluish-green leaves and egg-shaped cones.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- magnetospheres — Plural form of magnetosphere.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- membranophones — Plural form of membranophone.
- mesencephalons — Plural form of mesencephalon.
- metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metaphysicians — Plural form of metaphysician.
- metencephalons — Plural form of metencephalon.
- misapprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of misapprehend.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
- nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
- non perishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
- nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
- oceanographers — Plural form of oceanographer.
- one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- openhandedness — The characteristic of being openhanded.
- operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates