14-letter words containing s, h, i, t, o, n
- cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
- chondromatosis — a painful and immobilizing condition that affects the joints, in particular the elbow, hip, and knee joints, and results in the synovial tissue becoming cartilaginous
- christ's thorn — a thorny euphorbiaceous Madagascan shrub, Euphorbia milii var. splendens, cultivated as a hedging shrub or pot plant, having flowers with scarlet bracts
- christ's-thorn — any of certain Old World thorny shrubs or small trees supposed to have been used for Christ's crown of thorns, as the Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi, or the jujube, Ziziphus jujuba.
- christocentric — having as the theological focal point the teachings and practices of Jesus Christ.
- chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
- chromoproteins — Plural form of chromoprotein.
- code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
- commandantship — the office of a commandant
- coniferophytes — Plural form of coniferophyte.
- consultantship — the office or function of a consultant
- container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
- context switch — (operating system) When a multitasking operating system stops running one process and starts running another. Many operating systems implement concurrency by maintaining separate environments or "contexts" for each process. The amount of separation between processes, and the amount of information in a context, depends on the operating system but generally the OS should prevent processes interfering with each other, e.g. by modifying each other's memory. A context switch can be as simple as changing the value of the program counter and stack pointer or it might involve resetting the MMU to make a different set of memory pages available. In order to present the user with an impression of parallism, and to allow processes to respond quickly to external events, many systems will context switch tens or hundreds of times per second.
- controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- coquettishness — The state or quality of being coquettish.
- cotton thistle — Scotch thistle.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- counting house — a room or building used by the accountants of a business
- cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
- cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
- cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
- cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
- dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- discount house — Also called discount store. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.
- do one's thing — a material object without life or consciousness; an inanimate object.
- dunbartonshire — a historical county of W Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; administered since 1996 by the council areas of East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- english sonnet — a sonnet form developed in 16th-century England and employed by Shakespeare, having the rhyme scheme a b a b c d c d e f e f g g
- epithelisation — Alternative form of epithelization.
- epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
- ethnobotanists — Plural form of ethnobotanist.
- ethnohistorian — One who studies ethnohistory.
- ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
- exhibitionists — Plural form of exhibitionist.
- explosion shot — a shot used in hitting a ball from a sand trap, in which the sand just behind the ball rather than the ball itself is struck with full force
- farthingsworth — the amount that can be bought with a farthing; a small amount
- fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
- fashion victim — A fashion victim is someone who thinks that being fashionable is more important than looking nice, and as a result often wears very fashionable clothes that do not suit them or that make them look silly.
- fashionability — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- fifth position — a position similar to the first position, but with one foot in front, the heel and toe of the front foot adjacent to the toe and heel of the back foot.
- fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- finsteraarhorn — a mountain in S central Switzerland: highest peak of the Bernese Alps, 14,026 feet (4275 meters).
- flashing point — flash point (def 1).
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
- focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.