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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.
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