14-letter words containing s, h, i, t, l, e
- hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heliosciophyte — any plant that grows in the shade, but thrives more in the sun
- hell's kitchen — (in New York City) a section of midtown Manhattan, west of Times Square, formerly notorious for its slums and high crime rate.
- hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- herald's trick — a conventional method of indicating a tincture, as by printing or carving without color.
- herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
- heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- horizontalness — The property of being horizontal.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- horsetail tree — beefwood (def 1).
- 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
- hostile sexism — a theory that sexism toward women is multidimensional, one form (hostile sexism) reflecting negative views of women who challenge traditional gender roles, and the other form (benevolent sexism) reflecting positive views of women who conform to these roles.
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
- hyperrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- hypersexuality — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- in all honesty — You say in all honesty when you are saying something that might be disappointing or upsetting, and you want to soften its effect by emphasizing your sincerity.
- in lieu of sth — If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
- insightfulness — The state or condition of being insightful.
- isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
- just like that — suddenly
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- kettle of fish — an awkward, difficult, or bad situation; muddle; mess: He's managed to get himself into a fine kettle of fish!
- kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
- kochel listing — the chronological number of a composition of Mozart as assigned in the catalog of the composer's works compiled in the 19th century by the Austrian musicologist Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877) and since revised several times. Abbreviation: K.
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lady's-thistle — a composite plant, Silybum marianum, of the Mediterranean region, having glossy, spiny leaves and purplish-red flower heads.
- lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
- legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
- leicestershire — a county in central England. 986 sq. mi. (2555 sq. km).
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- light the fuse — If someone or something lights the fuse of a particular situation or activity, they suddenly get it started.
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- like this/that — You use like this or like that when you are drawing attention to something that you are doing or that someone else is doing.