15-letter words containing s, i, g, h, l
- shire highlands — an upland area of S Malawi. Average height: 900 m (3000 ft)
- shoulder girdle — pectoral girdle (def 2).
- sign the pledge — to make a vow to abstain from alcoholic drink
- single-handedly — in a single-handed manner; single-handed.
- skylight filter — a very slightly pink filter that absorbs ultraviolet light and reduces haze and excessive blueness
- sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
- social heritage — the entire inherited pattern of cultural activity present in a society.
- sound-and-light — combining sound effects or music with unusual lighting displays: to promote a product with a spectacular sound-and-light presentation.
- southern blight — a disease of peanuts, tomatoes, and other plants, caused by a fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii, affecting the roots and resulting in rapid wilting.
- southern lights — aurora australis.
- spherical angle — an angle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.
- starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
- stigmatophilist — a person who has stigmatophilia
- street lighting — the provision of lighting at night in public places to illuminate the streets
- strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
- strobe lighting — a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
- sulphur springs — a town in NE Texas.
- thalassographic — relating to thalassography
- the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
- the everlasting — God
- the saint leger — an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season
- thing-in-itself — reality as it is apart from experience; what remains to be postulated after space, time, and all the categories of the understanding are assigned to consciousness. Compare noumenon (def 3).
- tiglath-pileser — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
- training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
- training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
- unrelinquishing — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.
- walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
- washington lily — a lily, Lilium washingtonianum, of the western coast of the U.S., having whorled leaves and fragrant, purple-spotted white flowers.
- washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
- whaling station — a place where the carcases of whales were processed
- whistle-blowing — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
- yellow goatfish — a schooling goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Panama.
- yin-yang school — a school of ancient Chinese philosophers who interpreted history in terms of the influence of the seasons and of five elements: earth, wood, metal, fire, and water.
- zoophysiologist — an expert in zoophysiology