14-letter words containing t, i, g, h
- freight engine — a locomotive for pulling freight trains, designed for high drawbar pull rather than high speed.
- fringe theatre — theatrical performance that is unconventional or otherwise distinct from the mainstream
- g-strophanthin — ouabain.
- galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
- galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
- galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
- gamine haircut — a boyish or elfish hairstyle, esp on a woman
- gemuetlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
- genethliacally — from a genethliac point of view
- genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
- geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
- gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
- get funny with — to be impudent to
- get in the way — be an obstacle
- get jiggy with — to have sexual relations with
- get rid of sth — When you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it.
- get with child — to make pregnant
- ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
- given that sth — If you say given that something is the case, you mean taking that fact into account.
- go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
- go in the tank — to lose or fail badly or on purpose
- go night-night — go night-night, Baby Talk. to go to bed or to sleep.
- go to bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
- golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
- goliath beetle — any very large tropical scarabaeid beetle of the genus Goliathus, esp G. giganteus of Africa, which may grow to a length of 20 centimetres
- goodnight kiss — a kiss given to a person before going home or going to sleep
- gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
- grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
- grape hyacinth — any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.
- graphic accent — any mark written above a letter, especially one indicating stress in pronunciation, as in Spanish rápido.
- graphic artist — sb who draws, paints, prints, etc.
- graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
- graphitization — (geology) The formation of graphite from other organic materials.
- greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
- greenwich time — the time as measured on the prime meridian running through Greenwich, England: used in England and as a standard of calculation elsewhere.
- group of eight — the Group of Seven nations and Russia, whose heads of government meet to discuss economic matters and international relations
- gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- hacking jacket — a riding jacket having a tight waist, flared skirt, slanted pockets with flaps, and slits or vents at the sides or back.
- haemagglutinin — Alternative spelling of hemagglutinin.
- haematogenesis — (physiology) The origin and development of blood.
- haematological — Alternative spelling of hematological.
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- haight-ashbury — a district of San Francisco, in the central part of the city: a center for hippies and the drug culture in the 1960s.
- hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- hand-lettering — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
- hastings banda — Hastings Kamuzu [kah-moo-zoo] /kɑˈmu zu/ (Show IPA), 1906–97, Malawi physician, political leader, and public official: 1st president of Malawi 1966–94.
- have bought it — to be killed