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14-letter words containing hin

  • rise and shine — get out of bed
  • rowing machine — an exercise machine having a mechanism with two oarlike handles, foot braces, and a sliding seat, allowing the user to go through the motions of rowing in a racing shell.
  • salmon fishing — the sport of angling for salmon
  • schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
  • self-enriching — to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.: Commerce enriches a nation.
  • self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • sewing machine — any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.
  • simple machine — machine (def 3b).
  • 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
  • soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
  • sowing machine — a machine that scatters seeds on land so that they may grow
  • spear-phishing — the practice of sending fraudulent e-mails to extract financial data from computer users for purposes of identity theft, by mimicking a sender that the recipient knows
  • square-bashing — drill on a barrack square
  • stay stitching — a line of stitches made in the seam allowance to prevent the edges from stretching
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • sunshine state — Florida (used as a nickname).
  • sweet nothings — terms of endearment
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • teaching staff — those members of staff in a school, college, or university who teach
  • terebinthinate — of, relating to, or resembling turpentine.
  • the done thing — If you say that something is the done thing, you mean it is the most socially acceptable way to behave.
  • the real thing — If you say that a thing or event is the real thing, you mean that it is the thing or event itself, rather than an imitation or copy.
  • thick and thin — all manner of difficulties
  • think out loud — to speak one's thoughts as they occur
  • think positive — be optimistic
  • ticket machine — automated ticket dispenser
  • to think twice — If you think twice about doing something, you consider it again and decide not to do it, or decide to do it differently.
  • tongue-lashing — severe scolding
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
  • varnishing day — vernissage (def 1).
  • voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
  • wang ching-wei — 1883–1944, Chinese political leader.
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
  • web-publishing — a person or company that uploads, creates, or edits content on Web pages; one who maintains or manages a website.
  • whale watching — the activity of observing whales in their natural surroundings
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