14-letter words containing a, e, s, t, h, i
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- horizontalness — The property of being horizontal.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- horsetail tree — beefwood (def 1).
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- housing estate — housing development.
- housing market — property trade
- human interest — a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humane studies — educational subjects or courses, or texts, that are, or were historically, considered to have a civilizing influence on those who read or studied them
- hunting season — annual period when hunting is permitted
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hyperaesthesia — an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.
- hyperaesthesic — relating to an extreme capacity for feeling
- hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
- hyperkeratosis — Pathology. proliferation of the cells of the cornea. a thickening of the horny layer of the skin.
- hyperparasites — Plural form of hyperparasite.
- hyperparasitic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hyperparasitism.
- hyperrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- hypersexuality — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hypnotherapist — A practitioner of hypnotherapy.
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- hypopotassemia — hypokalemia.
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
- in all honesty — You say in all honesty when you are saying something that might be disappointing or upsetting, and you want to soften its effect by emphasizing your sincerity.
- in case of sth — If you do something or have something in case of a particular thing, you do it or have it because that thing might happen or be true.
- in one's heart — secretly; fundamentally
- in parenthesis — You say 'in parenthesis' to indicate that you are about to add something before going back to the main topic.
- in this regard — on this point
- inhabitiveness — the disposition to remain in one place; the inclination not to leave home
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
- isothiocyanate — a chemical compound containing the univalent radical –NCS.
- isthmian games — one of the great national festivals of ancient Greece, held every two years on the Isthmus of Corinth.
- just like that — suddenly
- king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
- kitchen scales — a set of scales used in cooking
- 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 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.
- 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.