14-letter words containing n, e, i, g, h
- heat lightning — lightning too distant for thunder to be heard, observed as diffuse flashes near the horizon on summer evenings.
- heating system — a system that provides heat to a building or number of buildings
- heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
- heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw.
- height of land — a watershed
- heiligenschein — a ring of light around the shadow cast by a person's head, especially on a dewy, sunlit lawn, caused by reflection and diffraction of light rays; halo.
- helminthologic — of or pertaining to helminthology
- hemagglutinate — to cause the clumping of red blood cells in
- hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- hermit kingdom — Korea during the period, c1637–c1876, when it was cut off from contact with all countries except China.
- herring choker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
- high frequency — the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 megahertz.
- high-achieving — (of a person) dynamic, ambitious, and successful
- highhandedness — The property of being highhanded.
- highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
- highland games — a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland
- highly trained — that has received a lot of academic or physical training
- hogging moment — a bending moment that produces convex bending at the supports of a continuously supported beam
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- homogenization — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- housing estate — housing development.
- housing market — property trade
- housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
- huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hungry viewkit — (operating system, library) A C++ class library for developing Motif application programs (although this restriction will be lifted once LessTif is finished). It follows the API of the Iris(tm) ViewKit, put out by SGI. The Hungry ViewKit is a superset of the Iris ViewKit, so any code developed for the Iris version will work with the Hungry version, but possibly not vice versa.
- hunting season — annual period when hunting is permitted
- hybrid testing — (testing) A combination of top-down testing with bottom-up testing of prioritised or available components.
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hyperenergetic — extremely or excessively energetic
- hyperextending — Present participle of hyperextend.
- hyperhygienist — Being too hygienic.
- hyperpigmented — Afflicted with hyperpigmentation.
- hyperthreading — (computing) A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
- hypertrophying — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
- hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
- image orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the orthicon, in which an electron image generated by a photocathode is focused on one side of a target that is scanned on its other side by a beam of low-velocity electrons to produce the output signal.
- in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
- in league with — along with, plotting with
- in the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- in the morning — every morning
- in the running — the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.