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14-letter words containing s, t, e, a, l, h

  • kaffeeklatches — Plural form of kaffeeklatch.
  • kawartha lakes — a group of lakes in S Ontario, Canada, on the Trent Canal system.
  • kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
  • kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
  • krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
  • lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
  • lady's-thistle — a composite plant, Silybum marianum, of the Mediterranean region, having glossy, spiny leaves and purplish-red flower heads.
  • lake athabaska — a lake in W Canada, in NW Saskatchewan and NE Alberta. Area: about 7770 sq km (3000 sq miles)
  • lake whitefish — a whitefish, Coregonus clupeaformis, found in the Great Lakes and north to Alaska, used for food.
  • laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
  • le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
  • leatherjackets — Plural form of leatherjacket.
  • lecythidaceous — relating to the Lecythidaceae family of large trees, native to tropical South America and Madagascar
  • lee's birthday — Jan. 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, a legal holiday in several Southern states
  • legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
  • lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
  • light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
  • like this/that — You use like this or like that when you are drawing attention to something that you are doing or that someone else is doing.
  • 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
  • low-angle shot — a shot taken with the camera placed in a position below and pointing upward at the subject.
  • lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
  • machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
  • malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
  • manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
  • matched sample — a sample in which the individuals selected for analysis share all properties except that under investigation
  • medical ethics — the code of behaviour considered to be correct for members of the medical profession
  • mesaticephalic — (anatomy) Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth.
  • metaphysically — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
  • metencephalons — Plural form of metencephalon.
  • methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
  • mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
  • mister charlie — a term used to refer to a white person.
  • morse alphabet — the set of symbols used to represent letters in Morse code
  • neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
  • nephroblastoma — a malignant tumour arising from the embryonic kidney that occurs in young children, esp in the age range 3–8 years
  • nonestablished — without the official support of the government
  • north-easterly — A north-easterly point, area, or direction is to the north-east or towards the north-east.
  • omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
  • ophthalmoscope — an instrument for viewing the interior of the eye or examining the retina.
  • outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • paschal letter — (in the early Christian church) a letter, written by a patriarch, archbishop, or bishop to a cleric under his authority, announcing the date of the next Easter festival.
  • patheticalness — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
  • petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
  • philosophaster — a person who has only a superficial knowledge of philosophy or who feigns a knowledge he or she does not possess.
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