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14-letter words containing t, h, i, n, g, e

  • north germanic — the subbranch of Germanic that includes the languages of Scandinavia and Iceland.
  • 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
  • owlet nightjar — any of several birds of the family Aegothelidae, of Australia and Papua New Guinea, related to the nightjars but resembling small owls.
  • pamphleteering — the occupation of a pamphleteer
  • panel lighting — lighting of a room or building by means of flat sheets of material that glow brightly when a coating of a phosphor is excited by an electrical charge.
  • pavement light — a windowlike structure set in a pavement or the like to illuminate areas beneath, consisting of thick glass blocks set in a metal frame.
  • penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
  • photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
  • pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
  • pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
  • pitching piece — apron piece.
  • pitching wedge — a club with a face angle of more than 50°, used for short, lofted pitch shots
  • 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.
  • porphyrogenite — a prince born after his father has succeeded to the throne
  • 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
  • pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • queuing theory — a theory that deals with providing a service on a waiting line, or queue, especially when the demand for it is irregular and describable by probability distributions, as processing phone calls arriving at a telephone exchange or collecting highway tolls from drivers at tollbooths.
  • right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • right reverend — an official form of address for abbots, abbesses, Anglican bishops, and other prelates.
  • right triangle — a triangle having a right angle (contrasted with oblique triangle).
  • 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.
  • seventy-eighth — next after the seventy-seventh; being the ordinal number for 78.
  • 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.
  • single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
  • sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
  • something else — sth different
  • something like — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • something's up — something is amiss
  • south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
  • sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
  • stalking horse — If you describe a person or thing as a stalking horse, you mean that it is being used to obtain a temporary advantage so that someone can get what they really want.
  • stalking-horse — a horse, or a figure of a horse, behind which a hunter hides in stalking game.
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