16-letter words that end in s
- greater antilles — See under Antilles.
- green vegetables — green edible plants
- gregory of tours — Saint, a.d. 538?–594, Frankish bishop and historian.
- gulf of honduras — an inlet of the Caribbean, on the coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize
- gulf of san blas — an inlet of the Caribbean on the N coast of Panama
- gum up the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- gun control laws — the laws that restrict the possession and use of guns
- gynandromorphous — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- hacienda heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- haemochromatosis — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hemochromatosis.
- hairbrush cactus — a stout, spiny cactus, Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum, of Mexico, having white flowers and bristly fruits sometimes used locally as combs.
- hammer and tongs — with great vigor, determination, or vehemence: When he starts a job he goes at it hammer and tongs.
- handling charges — a fee paid to cover the packaging, transport, etc, of a commodity
- harvard graphics — (graphics, tool) A presentation graphics product by Software Publishing Corporation (SPC) for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc..
- have no business — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
- hawaiian gardens — a town in SW California.
- health-conscious — having an active interest in one's health
- hedge one's bets — If you hedge your bets, you reduce the risk of losing a lot by supporting more than one person or thing in a situation where they are opposed to each other.
- hemotherapeutics — hemotherapy.
- hen of the woods — a large, grayish-brown, edible fungus, Polyporus frondosus, forming a mass of overlapping caps at the base of trees and somewhat resembling a hen.
- hen-and-chickens — any of several succulent plants that grow in clusters or colonies formed by runners or offshoots, as those of the genera Echeveria and Sempervivum.
- hendecasyllables — Plural form of hendecasyllable.
- henley-on-thames — a city in SE Oxfordshire, in S England: annual rowing regatta.
- hepatopancreases — Plural form of hepatopancreas.
- herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
- heterometabolous — undergoing development in which the young are born adultlike in form, often maturing without a pupal stage.
- high/great hopes — If you have high hopes or great hopes that something will happen, you are confident that it will happen.
- historiographies — Plural form of historiography.
- hit one's straps — to achieve one's full potential or become fully effective
- homme d'affaires — a businessman.
- horsehair fungus — an edible white, striated, umbrella-capped mushroom, Marasmius rotula, commonly found in eastern North America.
- hospital corners — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- hospitalizations — Plural form of hospitalization.
- house of commons — the elective, lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, and various other countries in the Commonwealth of Nations.
- household chores — tasks such as cleaning, washing, and ironing that have to be done regularly at home
- household troops — the infantry and cavalry regiments that carry out escort and guard duties for a head of state
- huevos rancheros — a Latin American dish of eggs, usually fried or poached, topped with a spicy tomato sauce and sometimes served on a fried corn tortilla with the addition of vegetables and cheese.
- hydraulic radius — the ratio of the cross-sectional area to the perimeter of a pipe, outlet, or the like, through which a fluid is flowing.
- hydrophyllaceous — belonging to the Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family of plants.
- hypercorrections — Plural form of hypercorrection.
- hypercorrectness — The state or condition of being hypercorrect.
- hyperperistalsis — the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system, especially the alimentary canal, by which the contents are forced through the system.
- hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
- hypophysectomies — Plural form of hypophysectomy.
- ichthyophthirius — ich.
- ill-gotten gains — Ill-gotten gains are things that someone has obtained in a dishonest or illegal way.
- illegitimateness — Quality of being illegitimate.
- immeasurableness — The state or condition of being immeasurable.
- immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
- immigration laws — regulations on incoming foreigners