14-letter words containing s, h, e, l, g, a
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
- highland games — a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
- landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
- lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- longleat house — an Elizabethan mansion near Warminster in Wiltshire, built (from 1568) by Robert Smythson for Sir John Thynne; the grounds, landscaped by Capability Brown, now contain a famous safari park
- longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
- low-angle shot — a shot taken with the camera placed in a position below and pointing upward at the subject.
- malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
- manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
- megasporophyll — a sporophyll producing megasporangia only.
- metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
- mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
- murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
- nasopharyngeal — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
- oehlenschläger — Adam Gottlob (ˈadam ˈɡɔtlɔp). 1779–1850, Danish romantic poet and dramatist
- phraseological — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
- polygraph test — a test carried out using a polygraph, esp used by the police to try to find out whether somebody is telling the truth
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
- royal highness — a title used prior to 1917 and designating a brother, sister, child, grandchild, aunt, or uncle belonging to the male line of the royal family. a title used since 1917 and designating a child or grandchild of the sovereign. any person given this title by the Crown.
- sailing length — a measurement of a yacht, comprising its length on the water line as well as certain measurements taken from the overhangs at bow and stern.
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
- segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
- self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
- self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- self-slaughter — suicide.
- shabby-genteel — trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
- slaughterously — murderously
- sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- 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.
- steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.