15-letter words containing a, d, h, e, r, n
- maidenhair fern — any fern of the cosmopolitan genus Adiantum, esp A. capillis-veneris, having delicate fan-shaped fronds with small pale-green leaflets: family Adiantaceae
- maidenhair tree — ginkgo.
- maidenhair-tree — ginkgo.
- maidenhair-vine — wire vine.
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
- marsh andromeda — a low-growing pink-flowered ericaceous evergreen shrub, Andromeda polifolia, that grows in peaty bogs of northern regions
- misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
- monosaccharides — Plural form of monosaccharide.
- morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
- neanderthal man — a member of an extinct subspecies of powerful, physically robust humans, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, that inhabited Europe and western and central Asia c100,000–40,000 b.c.
- nearsightedness — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- non-shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- norethandrolone — An anabolic steroid.
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- nuclear warhead — a warhead containing a fission or fusion bomb.
- ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
- old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
- on the decrease — decreasing
- orange chromide — an Asian cichlid fish, Etropus maculatus, with a brownish-orange spotted body
- orange hawkweed — a European composite plant, Hieracium aurantiacum, having orange, dandelionlike flowers, growing as a weed, especially in eastern North America.
- ordinary shares — British. a share of common stock.
- organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
- ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
- orphaned i-node — (operating system) /or'f*nd i:'nohd/ [Unix] 1. A file that retains storage but no longer appears in the directories of a file system.
- over one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
- phenazopyridine — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used as a lower urinary tract analgesic.
- phenylhydrazine — a yellow, poisonous liquid or low-melting solid, C 6 H 8 N 2 , used in chemical analysis and organic synthesis.
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- propionaldehyde — a colorless, water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 6 O, having a pungent odor: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics.
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- radiant heating — the means of heating objects or persons by radiation in which the intervening air is not heated.
- radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
- radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- ranfurly shield — (in New Zealand) the premier rugby trophy, competed for annually by provincial teams
- ray-finned fish — any of various bony fishes of the subclass Actinopterygii, having strong slender rays, excluding the coelacanth and lungfish.
- reading the law — that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
- ready-furnished — (of a room, house, office, etc) fitted with furniture before being rented or sold
- reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
- rheinland-pfalz — German name of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
- richard neville — Earl of (Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury"the Kingmaker") 1428–71, English military leader and statesman.
- rough and ready — rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.
- rough-and-ready — rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.
- round character — a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.