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14-letter words containing s, h, e, k, i

  • marking scheme — a plan or guidelines used in the marking of school children's or students' written work by teaching staff
  • mashie niblick — a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.
  • mesh stockings — stockings with a netted pattern or made out of a netted material such as lace or netted nylon
  • mischief-maker — a person who causes mischief, especially one who stirs up discord, as by talebearing.
  • nizhnevartovsk — a city in W central Russia, an oil and gas center on the Ob River.
  • omphaloskepsis — contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.
  • omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
  • pie in the sky — pie1 (def 8).
  • pink elephants — a facetious name applied to hallucinations caused by drunkenness
  • pinking shears — shears that have notched blades, for cutting and simultaneously pinking fabric or for finishing garments with a notched, nonfraying edge.
  • poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
  • quicksilverish — resembling quicksilver
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • rock mechanics — the study of the mechanical behaviour of rocks, esp their strength, elasticity, permeability, porosity, density, and reaction to stress
  • sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
  • schlockmeister — a person who deals in or sells inferior or worthless goods; junk dealer.
  • schoolies week — (in Australia) a week when large numbers of school leavers gather together for a holiday away from home after the end of their final exams
  • schottky noise — shot effect.
  • schumann-heink — Ernestine, 1861–1936, U.S. contralto, born in Bohemia.
  • security check — the process of checking that a person is not armed, or carrying something dangerous
  • shaker heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
  • sheffield lake — a town in N Ohio.
  • shield cricket — the interstate cricket competition held for the Sheffield Shield
  • shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
  • shooting brake — station wagon.
  • shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
  • siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
  • sickle feather — one of the paired, elongated, sickle-shaped, middle feathers of the tail of the rooster.
  • something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • spring chicken — a young chicken, especially a broiler or fryer.
  • spy-in-the-sky — of or relating to a surveillance camera mounted on an aircraft or orbiting satellite
  • stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
  • stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
  • stick together — be united
  • straight poker — one of the original forms of poker in which players are dealt five cards face down, upon which they bet and then have the showdown without drawing any cards.
  • straightjacket — to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.
  • strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
  • strike it rich — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
  • strike through — cross out
  • summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
  • the black isle — a peninsula in NE Scotland, in Highland council area, between the Cromarty and Moray Firths
  • the ice blacks — the international ice hockey team of New Zealand
  • the kiwi ferns — the women's international Rugby League football team of New Zealand
  • the silk route — an ancient trade route that linked Asia and the countries of the Mediterranean and was followed by Marco Polo when he travelled to Cathay
  • thick register — chest register.
  • think positive — be optimistic
  • to strike home — If something that is thrown or fired strikes home, it reaches its target.
  • turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
  • turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
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