15-letter words containing a, n, u, r
- great synagogue — (according to Jewish tradition) a council of 120 members, established by Ezra, that directed the Jews chiefly in religious matters, c450–c200 b.c., and made significant contributions to the Jewish liturgy and Bible.
- great-grandaunt — an aunt of one's grandfather or grandmother.
- greater omentum — the peritoneal fold attached to the stomach and the colon and hanging over the small intestine.
- green mountains — a mountain range in E North America, extending from Canada through Vermont into W Massachusetts: part of the Appalachian system. Highest peak: Mount Mansfield, 1338 m (4393 ft)
- griqualand east — a former district in S South Africa, SW of Natal.
- griqualand west — a former district in S South Africa, N of the Orange River and W of the Orange Free State: diamonds found 1867.
- ground landlord — a landlord who receives ground rent.
- ground-breaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- group insurance — life, accident, or health insurance available to a group of persons, as the employees of a company, under a single contract, usually without regard to physical condition or age of the individuals.
- guaranteed bond — a bond issued by a corporation in which payment of the principal, interest, or both is guaranteed by another corporation.
- guard of honour — A guard of honour is an official parade of troops, usually to celebrate or honour a special occasion, such as the visit of a head of state.
- guardian angels — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
- guardian reader — a reader of the Guardian newspaper, seen as being typically left-wing, liberal, and politically correct
- gulf of taranto — an inlet of the Ionian Sea, in Apulia in SE Italy
- guns and butter — a symbol for the economic policy of a government insofar as spending is allocated for either military or social purposes
- guru meditation — (operating system) The Amiga equivalent of Unix's panic (sometimes just called a "guru" or "guru event"). When the system crashes, a cryptic message of the form "GURU MEDITATION #XXXXXXXX.YYYYYYYY" may appear, indicating what the problem was. An Amiga guru can figure things out from the numbers. In the earliest days of the Amiga, there was a device called a "Joyboard" which was basically a plastic board built onto a joystick-like device; it was sold with a skiing game cartridge for the Atari game machine. It is said that whenever the prototype OS crashed, the system programmer responsible would concentrate on a solution while sitting cross-legged, balanced on a Joyboard, resembling a meditating guru. Sadly, the joke was removed in AmigaOS 2.04. The Jargon File claimed that a guru event had to be followed by a Vulcan nerve pinch but, according to a correspondent, a mouse click was enough to start a reboot.
- haemoglobinuria — the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
- half-understood — partially understood
- harbour station — the part of a port where boats shelter or station
- hare and hounds — an outdoor game in which certain players, the hares, start off in advance on a long run, scattering small pieces of paper, called the scent, with the other players, the hounds, following the trail so marked in an effort to catch the hares before they reach a designated point.
- harlequin snake — the E American coral snake (Micrurus fulvius)
- harlequin table — a writing or dressing table having a central set of compartments that rise when drop leaves are raised.
- harun al-rashid — a.d. 764?–809, caliph of Baghdad 786–809: one of the greatest Abbasids, he was made almost a legendary hero in the Arabian Nights.
- harun ar-rashid — a.d. 764?-809; caliph of Baghdad (786-809): given popular fame as a hero of The Arabian Nights
- haute-normandie — a region of NW France, on the English Channel: generally fertile and flat
- hautes-pyrenees — a department in SW France. 1751 sq. mi. (4535 sq. km). Capital: Tarbes.
- have a crush on — be attracted to: sb
- have no use for — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- hawaiian guitar — a six-to-eight-string electric guitar, fretted with a piece of metal or bone to produce a whining, glissando sound, played in a horizontal position usually resting on the performer's knees or on a stand, and much used by country music performers.
- hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- hip measurement — a measurement around the hips at the level of the buttocks used in clothing and assessing general health
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- human geography — the study of the interaction between human beings and their environment in particular places and across spatial areas.
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
- humanitarianism — humanitarian principles or practices.
- humanitarianist — humanitarian principles or practices.
- hundred's place — hundred (def 8).
- hung parliament — a parliament that does not have a party with a working majority
- hunter-gatherer — a member of a group of people who subsist by hunting, fishing, or foraging in the wild.
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- huntington park — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hyaluronic acid — a mucopolysaccharide serving as a viscous medium in the tissues of the body and as a lubricant in joints.
- hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hydroxycoumarin — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of coumarin, some of which are the basis of pharmaceuticals.