15-letter words containing c, o, a, l, h, u
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- graph colouring — (application) A constraint-satisfaction problem often used as a test case in research, which also turns out to be equivalent to certain real-world problems (e.g. register allocation). Given a connected graph and a fixed number of colours, the problem is to assign a colour to each node, subject to the constraint that any two connected nodes cannot be assigned the same colour. This is an example of an NP-complete problem. See also four colour map theorem.
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
- hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
- horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
- horticulturally — With respect to horticulture.
- 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.
- humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
- 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.
- hydraulic motor — a motor that converts the kinetic or potential energy of a fluid into mechanical energy.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- language school — A language school is a private school where a foreign language is taught.
- lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
- local authority — council, local government
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- national church — an independent church within a country, usually representing the prevalent religion.
- netzahualcoyotl — a city in S central Mexico, in the state of Mexico.
- neurochemically — In a neurochemical manner or context.
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- patchwork quilt — cover sewn from patches of cloth
- pheasant coucal — a brown and black, red-eyed Australian bird, Centropus phasianinus, with a pheasantlike tail.
- pseudo-chemical — of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals: a chemical formula; chemical agents.
- public footpath — a footpath along which the public has right of way
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- quasihistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- quiche lorraine — a quiche containing bits of bacon or ham and often cheese.
- rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
- rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.
- scaphocephalous — of or relating to scaphocephalus
- schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
- school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
- shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
- sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
- splanchnopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
- sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
- travel brochure — a brochure, often from a travel agency, which advertises holidays, hotels, etc
- ultramicrofiche — ultrafiche.
- unchronological — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- unphilosophical — not adhering to philosophical theory or principles
- wheelchairbound — Confined to a wheelchair.