15-letter words containing c, r, a, d, l
- glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
- goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- graphic display — the way in which line drawings and text are displayed
- hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
- hard-shell clam — quahog.
- hard-shell crab — a crab, especially an edible crab, that has not recently molted and has a hard shell.
- 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
- hebrew calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
- heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
- herbal medicine — the use of herbs to treat illness
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- hewlett-packard — (HP) Hewlett-Packard designs, manufactures and services electronic products and systems for measurement, computation and communications. The company's products and services are used in industry, business, engineering, science, medicine and education in approximately 110 countries. HP was founded in 1939 and employs 96600 people, 58900 in the USA. They have manufacturing and R&D establishments in 54 cities in 16 countries and approximately 600 sales and service offices in 110 countries. Their revenue (in 1992/1993?) was $20.3 billion. The Chief Executive Officer is Lewis E. Platt. HP's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Pacific, Tokyo, London, Frankfurt, Zurich and Paris exchanges. Quarterly sales $6053M, profits $347M (Aug 1994).
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- hole-and-corner — secretive; clandestine; furtive: The political situation was full of hole-and-corner intrigue.
- holiday traffic — increased road traffic during holiday periods and public holidays
- hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hundred's place — hundred (def 8).
- 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 brake — a brake operated by fluid pressures in cylinders and connecting tubular lines.
- hydraulic fluid — a fluid, usually of low viscosity, as oil, used in a hydraulic system.
- hydraulic motor — a motor that converts the kinetic or potential energy of a fluid into mechanical energy.
- hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
- hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hydropathically — in a hydropathic manner; in a manner relating to hydropathy
- hydrostatically — In a hydrostatic manner.
- hypochlorhydria — (pathology) The presence of an insufficient amount of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
- hypochondriacal — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
- in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- indian licorice — rosary pea.
- indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- ineradicability — the quality of being ineradicable
- intercorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- intramyocardial — Into or within the myocardium.
- iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
- isolated camera — a television camera used to isolate a subject, part of a sports play, etc., for instant replay.
- jaques-dalcroze — Émile [French ey-meel] /French eɪˈmil/ (Show IPA), 1865–1950, Swiss composer and teacher: created eurythmics.
- jewish calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by the Jews, in which time is reckoned from 3761 bc: regarded as the year of the Creation. The months, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul, Tishri, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, and Adar, have either 29 or 30 days. Originally a new month was declared when the new moon was sighted in Jerusalem, but when this became impossible, a complex formula was devised to keep Rosh Chodesh near to the new moon. In addition, to keep the harvest festivals in the right seasons, there is a Metonic cycle of 14 years, in five of which an additional month is added after Shevat. The year according to biblical reckoning begins with Nisan, and the civil year begins with Tishri; the years are numbered from Tishri
- juan de la cruz — San [sahn] /sɑn/ (Show IPA), John of the Cross, Saint.
- judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
- judicial murder — the unjustified execution of the death penalty
- judicial review — the power of a court to adjudicate the constitutionality of the laws of a government or the acts of a government official.
- julian calendar — the calendar established by Julius Caesar in 46 b.c., fixing the length of the year at 365 days and at 366 days every fourth year. There are 12 months of 30 or 31 days, except for February (which has 28 days with the exception of every fourth year, or leap year, when it has 29 days).