14-letter words containing s, l, u, h
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- horticulturist — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- house of lords — the nonelective, upper house of the British Parliament, comprising the lords spiritual and lords temporal.
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- household arts — activities such as sewing, cooking, etc, that are conducted in the running of a household
- household gods — a god presiding over and protecting the home, especially in the religion of ancient Rome.
- household name — a person or thing that is very well known
- household soap — a substance that you use with water for washing clothes, removing stains, cleaning floors, etc
- household word — a familiar name, phrase, saying, etc.; byword: The advertising campaign is designed to make this new product a household word.
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- humourlessness — Alternative spelling of humorlessness.
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
- hydrocellulose — a gelatinous substance obtained by the partial hydrolysis of cellulose, used chiefly in the manufacture of paper, mercerized cotton, and viscose rayon.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydrosulfurous — hyposulfurous.
- hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypersexualise — Alternative spelling of hypersexualize.
- hypersexuality — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hypersexualize — To make extremely sexual; to accentuate the sexuality of.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hyposulphurous — relating to sulphur in a low state of oxidation
- hypothalamus's — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- ichthyolatrous — relating to the worship of fish or divination by means of fish parts
- in lieu of sth — If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
- inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
- insightfulness — The state or condition of being insightful.
- just like that — suddenly
- krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
- l-shaped curve — a curve on a graph that shows a sharp fall after which values remain low for a long period
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- lease-purchase — the continuing use of property or goods under a lease for a stipulated period with option for the lessee to buy and with part of the rental charges credited toward the purchase price.
- lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
- light the fuse — If someone or something lights the fuse of a particular situation or activity, they suddenly get it started.
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- longleat house — an Elizabethan mansion near Warminster in Wiltshire, built (from 1568) by Robert Smythson for Sir John Thynne; the grounds, landscaped by Capability Brown, now contain a famous safari park
- louis philippe — ("Citizen King") 1773–1850, king of France 1830–48.
- lu-wang school — School of Mind.
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
- macrocephalous — Having a large head.
- malacophyllous — (of plants living in dry regions) having fleshy leaves in which water is stored