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18-letter words containing a, s, h, l, e

  • harnessed antelope — any African antelope of the genus Tragelaphus, especially the bushbuck, having the body marked with white stripes and spots that resemble a harness, and, in the male, long, gently spiraling horns.
  • hash house slinger — a person who serves in a cheap cafe
  • have a screw loose — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
  • have a slate loose — to be eccentric or crazy
  • have eyes only for — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • hawksbill (turtle) — a medium-sized marine turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata, family Cheloniidae) having a hawklike beak and a horny shell from which tortoise shell is obtained
  • head and shoulders — If you say that someone or something stands head and shoulders above other people or things, you mean that they are a lot better than them.
  • head disk assembly — (hardware, storage)   (HDA) A sealed, high capacity mainframe hard disk with integral heads, as opposed to a removable disk.
  • hearts and flowers — maudlin sentimentality: The play is a period piece, full of innocence abused and hearts and flowers.
  • helicopter station — a place where helicopters are kept in readiness for use
  • hepatosplenomegaly — Enlargement of both the liver and spleen.
  • hexaphosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with six units of phosphoric acid.
  • hilary of poitiers — Saint, a.d. c300–368, French bishop and theologian.
  • historical geology — the branch of geology dealing with the history of the earth.
  • historical present — the present tense used in narrating a past event as if happening at the time of narration.
  • hold a reservation — If a hotel holds a reservation, it keeps a room for someone, and does not give it to someone else.
  • hold up one's head — to be unashamed
  • homelands movement — the programme to resettle native Australians on their tribal lands
  • honeysuckle family — the plant family Caprifoliaceae, typified by shrubs and woody vines having opposite leaves, clusters of usually flaring, narrow, tubular flowers, and various types of fruit, and including the elder, honeysuckle, snowberry, twinflower, and viburnum.
  • horseless carriage — an automobile: The horse and buggy were eventually replaced by the horseless carriage.
  • house of delegates — the lower house of the General Assembly in Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland.
  • hyperaldosteronism — aldosteronism.
  • hypercholesteremia — Alternative spelling of hypercholesteraemia.
  • hypernationalistic — a person devoted to nationalism.
  • hyperphosphorylate — To phosphorylate fully.
  • hypersexualisation — Alternative spelling of hypersexualization.
  • hypersexualization — The act or process of hypersexualizing.
  • hypophosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated to a less than normal extent, or less than fully.
  • hysterical reasons — (Or "hysterical raisins") A variant on the stock phrase "for historical reasons", indicating specifically that something must be done in some stupid way for backward compatibility, and moreover that the feature it must be compatible with was the result of a bad design in the first place. "All IBM PC video adaptors have to support MDA text mode for hysterical reasons." Compare bug-for-bug compatible.
  • in the first place — firstly
  • in the last resort — You use in the last resort when stating the most basic or important fact that will still be true in a situation whatever else happens.
  • incidental charges — Incidental charges are costs of items and services that are not part of the main bill.
  • industrial hygiene — the science that assesses, controls, and prevents occupational factors or sources of stress in the workplace that may significantly affect the health and well-being of employees or of the community in general
  • industrial vehicle — a vehicle designed for use in industry
  • inter-relationship — reciprocal relation.
  • interrelationships — Plural form of interrelationship.
  • iphigenia in aulis — a tragedy (408? b.c.) by Euripides.
  • iron (ii) sulphate — an iron salt with a saline taste, usually obtained as greenish crystals of the heptahydrate, which are converted to the white monohydrate above 100°C: used in inks, tanning, water purification, and in the treatment of anaemia. Formula: FeSO4
  • irreproachableness — The quality or state of being irreproachable; integrity; innocence.
  • isothermal process — a process that takes place without change in temperature.
  • jacksonville beach — a city in NE Florida.
  • james-lange theory — a theory that emotions are caused by bodily sensations; for example, we are sad because we weep
  • king of the castle — most powerful figure
  • king-of-the-salmon — a ribbonfish, Trachypterus altivelis, of northern parts of the Pacific Ocean.
  • lagrange's theorem — the theorem that the order of each subgroup of a finite group is a factor of the order of the group.
  • last chance saloon — a place frequented by unsavoury or contemptible people
  • lay one's hands on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • leave sth too late — If you leave something too late, you delay doing it so that when you eventually do it, it is useless or ineffective.
  • legislative branch — the branch of government having the power to make laws; the legislature.
  • lesser whitethroat — an Old World warbler, Sylvia curruca, having a greyish-brown plumage with a white throat and underparts
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