14-letter words containing s, h, o, a, l
- cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- crenshaw melon — a variety of melon resembling the casaba, having pinkish flesh.
- crystal growth — Crystal growth is the process of making a crystal grow by continuing to remove a component from a solution.
- cuyahoga falls — a city in NE Ohio, near Akron.
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- cystolithiasis — a medical condition caused by the formation of a calculus in the bladder
- czechoslovakia — a former republic in central Europe: formed after the defeat of Austria-Hungary (1918) as a nation of Czechs in Bohemia and Moravia and Slovaks in Slovakia; occupied by Germany from 1939 until its liberation by the Soviet Union in 1945; became a people's republic under the Communists in 1948; invaded by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968, ending Dubček's attempt to liberalize communism; in 1989 popular unrest led to the resignation of the politburo and the formation of a non-Communist government. It consisted of two federal republics, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, which separated in 1993
- daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
- double harness — harness for a pair of horses.
- drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
- dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- elevator shaft — passage for a lift
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- 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.
- farmhouse loaf — a large white loaf, baked in a tin, with slightly curved sides and top
- fashionability — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- fathomlessness — The state or condition of being fathomless.
- 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.
- 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).
- follow the sea — to make one's living by serving on oceangoing ships
- foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
- formal methods — (mathematics, specification) Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
- free cash flow — Free cash flow is revenue of a business that is available to spend.
- full-fashioned — knitted to conform to the shape of a body part, as of the foot or leg: full-fashioned hosiery.
- galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
- gallows humour — sinister and ironic humour
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- grade-schooler — a pupil in a grade school.
- grammar school — an elementary school.
- hale telescope — the 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.
- half seas over — of, relating to, or adapted for use at sea.
- 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.
- half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
- half-seas over — drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
- hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
- hamilton basso — Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.