14-letter words containing s, i, g, h, t, e
- king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
- kirghiz steppe — a steppe in Kazakhstan.
- 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.
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- 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.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- matjes herring — young herring that have not spawned, often prepared with vinegar, sugar, salt, and spices.
- mesh stockings — stockings with a netted pattern or made out of a netted material such as lace or netted nylon
- metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- methodologists — Plural form of methodologist.
- midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
- mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
- mischief night — Halloween or, in some areas, the night before Halloween, as an occasion for pranks and minor vandalism by young people.
- monophthongise — Alternative spelling of monophthongize.
- nether regions — the lower part of a place, esp when unpleasant or frightening
- news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
- nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
- oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
- one's eighties — the ages between 80–89
- operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
- overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
- photogeologist — a person who studies or has a profession in photogeology
- pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
- plotting sheet — a blank chart having only a compass rose and latitude lines, longitude lines, or both, marked and annotated, as required, by a navigator.
- printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
- progenitorship — parenthood; the position of being a progenitor
- psychogenetics — the study of internal or mental states
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- rags to riches — You use rags to riches to describe the way in which someone quickly becomes very rich after they have been quite poor.
- rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
- sailing length — a measurement of a yacht, comprising its length on the water line as well as certain measurements taken from the overhangs at bow and stern.
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
- seeing as/that — You can use seeing that or seeing as to introduce a reason for what you are saying.
- self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
- serve sb right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
- seventy-eighth — next after the seventy-seventh; being the ordinal number for 78.
- shaker heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- shift register — (in digital circuits) a register in which all bits can be shifted one or more positions to the left or to the right
- shipping agent — a person or company whose business is to prepare shipping documents, arrange shipping space and insurance, and deal with customs requirements
- shooting brake — station wagon.
- shooting lodge — a country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season
- shooting range — place for practising with guns
- shooting spree — a series of shootings by a mad person
- short covering — purchases that close out short sales on stocks or commodities.
- shutting stile — the stile of a door or shutter that closes against the frame of the opening.