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14-letter words containing n, a, g, i, s, h

  • hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
  • hunting season — annual period when hunting is permitted
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
  • in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
  • in this regard — on this point
  • island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
  • isthmian games — one of the great national festivals of ancient Greece, held every two years on the Isthmus of Corinth.
  • king's highway — a highway built by the national government.
  • king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
  • kwangsi chuang — Guangxi Zhuang.
  • landing lights — aircraft lights used when landing
  • landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
  • laughing stock — object of others' amusement
  • laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
  • laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
  • light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
  • lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
  • magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
  • marginal hacks — (humour)   Margaret Jacks Hall, a building into which the Stanford AI Lab was moved near the beginning of the 1980s (from the D.C. Power Lab).
  • marking scheme — a plan or guidelines used in the marking of school children's or students' written work by teaching staff
  • matjes herring — young herring that have not spawned, often prepared with vinegar, sugar, salt, and spices.
  • metamorphosing — to change the form or nature of; transform.
  • midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
  • mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
  • murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
  • nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
  • natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
  • news gathering — the work of collecting news for publication or broadcast
  • norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
  • operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
  • overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
  • parking lights — the parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width
  • passenger ship — a ship carrying passengers
  • phantasmagoria — a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
  • phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
  • phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
  • pinking shears — shears that have notched blades, for cutting and simultaneously pinking fabric or for finishing garments with a notched, nonfraying edge.
  • profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
  • psychogalvanic — pertaining to or involving electric changes in the body resulting from reactions to mental or emotional stimuli.
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • ranch dressing — seasoned mayonnaise sauce
  • razor-slashing — the action of slashing someone with a razor in order to kill, wound, or disfigure them
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • royal highness — a title used prior to 1917 and designating a brother, sister, child, grandchild, aunt, or uncle belonging to the male line of the royal family. a title used since 1917 and designating a child or grandchild of the sovereign. any person given this title by the Crown.
  • sailing dinghy — a small boat or dinghy with a single mast, used esp for recreational sailing
  • 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.
  • saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
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