14-letter words containing s, h, a, p, e, r
- cryptaesthetic — of or relating to cryptaesthesia
- cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
- curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
- dispatch rider — a horseman or motorcyclist who carries dispatches
- 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.
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- east northport — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
- ecocatastrophe — a disaster caused by changes in the environment.
- elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
- elephant shrew — any small active African mammal of the family Macroscelididae and order Macroscelidea, having an elongated nose, large ears, and long hind legs
- elephant's-ear — any aroid plant of the genus Colocasia, of tropical Asia and Polynesia, having very large heart-shaped leaves: grown for ornament and for their edible tubers
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- euphorbiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Euphorbiaceae, a family of plants typically having capsular fruits: includes the spurges, the castor oil and cassava plants, cascarilla, and poinsettia
- exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
- fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
- flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
- flash spectrum — the emission spectrum of the chromosphere of the sun, which dominates the solar spectrum in the seconds just before and after a total solar eclipse.
- frasch process — a method of mining sulfur by pumping superheated water down into the deposit, thereby melting it so that it can be pumped to the surface.
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
- go pear-shaped — If a situation goes pear-shaped, bad things start happening.
- 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).
- harper's ferry — a town in NE West Virginia at the confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers: site of John Brown's raid 1859.
- headmastership — The role or position of headmaster.
- 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.
- hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
- heresiographer — a person who writes about heresy
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
- heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- humphreys peak — the highest peak in Arizona, in the N, in the San Francisco Mountains: 12,633 feet (3851 meters).
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
- hyperaesthesia — an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.
- hyperaesthesic — relating to an extreme capacity for feeling
- hyperawareness — The state of being hyperaware, or extremely sensitive to stimuli.
- hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
- hyperkeratosis — Pathology. proliferation of the cells of the cornea. a thickening of the horny layer of the skin.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypermicrosoma — dwarfishness.
- hypernephromas — Plural form of hypernephroma.
- hyperparasites — Plural form of hyperparasite.