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14-letter words containing s, h, l, o, i

  • 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
  • epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
  • epithelisation — Alternative form of epithelization.
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • erythroblastic — Relating to erythroblasts.
  • eschatological — Pertaining to eschatology.
  • ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
  • 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
  • fashionability — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
  • fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
  • fencing school — an academy or school where fencing was taught by fencing masters
  • field hospital — an organization of medical personnel with medical equipment for establishing a temporary hospital at isolated posts or in the field to support ground troops in combat.
  • field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
  • flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
  • flashing point — flash point (def 1).
  • flemish scroll — a scroll, as on a chair leg, having the form of two intersecting and oppositely curved C-scrolls.
  • flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
  • floor polisher — an electrical appliance used for polishing floors
  • 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.
  • full-fashioned — knitted to conform to the shape of a body part, as of the foot or leg: full-fashioned hosiery.
  • gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
  • geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
  • goodfellowship — cheerful company
  • gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • half-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
  • hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
  • hamilton basso — Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
  • hamiltonianism — the political principles or doctrines held by or associated with Alexander Hamilton, especially those stressing a strong central government and protective tariffs.
  • hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
  • hash collision — (programming)   (Or "hash clash") When two different keys hash to the same value, i.e. to the same location in a hash table.
  • heads or tails — a gambling game in which a coin is tossed, the winner being the player who guesses which side of the coin will face up when it lands or is caught.
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
  • health visitor — In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
  • 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
  • hellaciousness — Quality of being hellacious.
  • hello, sailor! — (jargon)   Occasional West Coast equivalent of hello, world; seems to have originated at SAIL, later associated with the game Zork (which also included "hello, aviator" and "hello, implementor"). Originally from the traditional hooker's greeting to a swabbie fresh off the boat, of course.
  • hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
  • hemicelluloses — Plural form of hemicellulose.
  • hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
  • hendersonville — a city in S Tennessee.
  • hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
  • herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
  • heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
  • high explosive — a class of explosive, as TNT, in which the reaction is so rapid as to be practically instantaneous, used in shells and bombs.
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