15-letter words containing a, t, n, s, o
- go into details — If someone does not go into details about a subject, or does not go into the detail, they mention it without explaining it fully or properly.
- 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 pheasant — an Asiatic pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, having brilliant scarlet, orange, gold, green, and black plumage.
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- goodheartedness — The quality of being goodhearted.
- governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
- governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
- grafenberg spot — a patch of tissue in the front wall of the vagina, claimed to be erectile and highly erogenous.
- gram's solution — (sometimes lowercase) a solution of iodine, potassium iodide, and water, used in staining bacteria.
- great recession — the protracted worldwide economic recession following the financial crisis of 2007–08
- 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.
- 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)
- hair extensions — synthetic or human hair attached to the hair on someone's head to give the appearance of longer hair
- half-understood — partially understood
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- harbour station — the part of a port where boats shelter or station
- heart's content — 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.
- heartbrokenness — The state or quality of being heartbroken.
- heat exhaustion — a condition characterized by faintness, rapid pulse, nausea, profuse sweating, cool skin, and collapse, caused by prolonged exposure to heat accompanied by loss of adequate fluid and salt from the body.
- hernando cortes — Hernando [er-nahn-daw] /ɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), Hernán [er-nahn] /ɛrˈnɑn/ (Show IPA), 1485–1547, Spanish conqueror of Mexico.
- high-angle shot — a shot taken from a camera positioned above the action
- historicization — Act or process of historicizing.
- hoffman estates — a city in NE Illinois.
- holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
- hoosier cabinet — a tall kitchen cabinet mass-produced during the early part of the 20th century, usually of oak, featuring an enameled work surface, storage bins, a flour sifter, etc.
- hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
- hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- hospitalisation — (British) alternative spelling of hospitalization.
- hospitalization — the act, process, or state of being hospitalized.
- housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
- hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- hypnotisability — Alternative spelling of hypnotizability.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- hypostatization — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypovitaminosis — Insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body.
- identifications — Plural form of identification.
- idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
- ignatius loyola — Saint Ignatius of (Iñigo López de Loyola) 1491–1556, Spanish soldier and ecclesiastic: founder of the Society of Jesus.
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- immunostimulant — (immunology, pharmacology) Any substance that stimulates an immune response.
- implementations — Plural form of implementation.
- importunateness — Quality of being importunate.
- improvisational — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- in a (bad) spot — in a bad situation; in trouble