14-letter words containing a, r, n, o
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand over hand — grasping with alternate hands
- hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- hard-core porn — Hard-core porn is pornography that shows sex in a very detailed way, or shows very violent or unpleasant sex.
- harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
- harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
- harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
- haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
- have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- headstrongness — The property of being headstrong, stubbornness.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- heart and soul — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- heart of stone — lack of compassion
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
- heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
- heavy hydrogen — either of the heavy isotopes of hydrogen, especially deuterium.
- heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
- heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- hepatopancreas — a large gland of shrimps, lobsters, and crabs that combines the functions of a liver and pancreas.
- herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
- heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
- hither and yon — Hither and thither means in many different directions or places, and in a disorganized way. In American English, the expression hither and yon is sometimes used.
- hold to ransom — to keep (prisoners, property, etc) in confinement until payment for their release is made or received
- holy matrimony — marriage
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- homeward bound — going home
- homotransplant — allograft.
- honorary canon — a priest attached to a cathedral but not entitled to receive a stipend or to vote in the chapter.
- honourableness — Alternative spelling of honorableness.
- honours of war — the honours granted by the victorious to the defeated, esp as of marching out with all arms and flags flying
- horizontal bar — on a bar chart
- horizontalness — The property of being horizontal.
- horn of africa — north-east African region
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hoshana rabbah — the seventh day of the Jewish festival of Sukkoth, occurring on the twenty-first day of Tishri and having a special liturgy containing a series of invocations to God for forgiveness and salvation.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
- housing market — property trade
- hydrodynamical — Hydrodynamic.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hydroponically — Using hydroponics.