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15-letter words containing a, s, h, i

  • french guianese — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
  • french tamarisk — a shrub or small tree, Tamarix gallica, of the Mediterranean region, having bluish foliage and white or pinkish flowers.
  • french-speaking — able to speak French
  • fresh-air fiend — a person who enjoys being outdoors or having good ventilation when indoors
  • friedrichshafen — a city in Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, on Lake Constance.
  • fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
  • fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
  • gaia hypothesis — a model of the earth as a self-regulating organism, advanced as an alternative to a mechanistic model.
  • galloping-ghost — Harold ("Red"; "the Galloping Ghost") 1903–1991, U.S. football player.
  • garrison finish — the finish of a race, especially a horse race, in which the winner comes from behind to win at the last moment.
  • geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • giant schnauzer — one of a German breed of large working dogs, resembling a larger and more powerful version of the standard schnauzer, having a pepper-and-salt or pure black, wiry coat, bushy eyebrows and beard, and a docked tail set moderately high, originally developed as a cattle herder but now often used in police work.
  • gigantopithecus — a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived.
  • give sth a miss — If you give something a miss, you decide not to do it or not to go to it.
  • give sth a rest — If someone tells you to give something a rest, they want you to stop doing it because it annoys them or because they think it is harming you.
  • give them heaps — to contend strenuously with an opposing sporting team
  • glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
  • glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
  • gleichschaltung — the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state
  • glossographical — relating to glossography
  • go the distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
  • go with a swing — If you say that something is going with a swing, you mean that it is lively and exciting.
  • golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
  • graphic display — the way in which line drawings and text are displayed
  • grasshopper pie — a custardlike pie, flavored and colored with green crème de menthe and served in a graham-cracker crust.
  • graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
  • great sanhedrin — Sanhedrin (def 1).
  • great-sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
  • group therapist — a psychotherapist who conducts group therapy
  • hair extensions — synthetic or human hair attached to the hair on someone's head to give the appearance of longer hair
  • hair specialist — an expert in the treatment and care of human hair
  • hair transplant — the surgical transfer of clumps of skin with hair or of viable hair follicles from one site of the body to another, usually performed to correct baldness.
  • hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
  • hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
  • hang seng index — an index of share prices based on an average of 33 stocks quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
  • harbour station — the part of a port where boats shelter or station
  • hard disk drive — (storage)   (HDD) A disk drive used to read and write hard disks.
  • hardship clause — a clause in a contract which covers unforeseen events that would make it more difficult for one party to complete the contract, and in which case offers alternative terms
  • harlequin snake — the E American coral snake (Micrurus fulvius)
  • harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
  • 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
  • has had its day — If you say that something has had its day, you mean that the period during which it was most successful or popular has now passed.
  • have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
  • have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
  • have words with — to argue angrily with
  • haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
  • hazard analysis — risk assessment
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