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15-letter words containing e, a, r, t, h, s

  • 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.
  • host-host layer — transport layer
  • human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
  • hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
  • hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
  • hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
  • hyperparasitism — an organism that is parasitic on or in another parasite.
  • hyperpotassemia — hyperkalemia.
  • hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
  • hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
  • imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
  • in (the) grease — fat and ready to be killed
  • in all weathers — If you say that someone does something in all weathers, you mean that they do it regularly whether the weather is good or bad.
  • in harness with — in cooperation with
  • in the abstract — When you talk or think about something in the abstract, you talk or think about it in a general way, rather than considering particular things or events.
  • inside straight — Poker. a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
  • interior salish — in Canada, a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
  • interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
  • ironstone china — a tough durable earthenware
  • isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
  • ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
  • jayhawker state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
  • jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
  • judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • kaffeeklatscher — a person who participates, especially regularly, in a kaffee klatsch.
  • kentish tracery — tracery, originating in Kent in the 14th century, having cusps with split ends.
  • kindheartedness — The quality of being kindhearted.
  • labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
  • largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
  • laser chemistry — the use of a laser to initiate and control chemical reactions.
  • latter prophets — a subdivision of the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible, comprising those books which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets and which are divided into Major Prophets and Minor Prophets
  • learn the ropes — become familiar with sth
  • lose your heart — If you lose your heart to someone, you fall in love with them.
  • machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
  • mad as a hatter — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
  • make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
  • manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
  • manx shearwater — a European oceanic bird, Puffinus puffinus, with long slender wings and black-and-white plumage: family Procellariidae (shearwaters)
  • market research — investigation into consumers' needs
  • market-research — to conduct market research on.
  • master mechanic — a mechanic, especially one who is thoroughly skilled, in charge of other mechanics.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • merchant seaman — a seaman who works on a merchant vessel.
  • merry christmas — well-wishes for Christmas season
  • metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
  • metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
  • metatarsal arch — the short lateral arch of the foot formed by the heads of the metatarsal bones.
  • michaelmas term — the autumn term at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
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