17-letter words containing e, d, g, h
- high-density disk — a computer storage disk capable of holding more than 720 kilobytes of data
- high-heeled shoes — shoes having high, rather than flat, heels
- hodgkin's disease — a type of cancer characterized by progressive chronic inflammation and enlargement of the lymph nodes of the neck, armpit, groin, and mesentery, by enlargement of the spleen and occasionally of the liver and the kidneys, and by lymphoid infiltration along the blood vessels.
- hold one's ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- hold one's tongue — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
- holding operation — a plan or procedure devised to prolong the existing situation
- homogentisic acid — an intermediate compound in the metabolism of tyrosine and of phenylalanine, found in excess in the blood and urine of persons affected with alkaptonuria.
- humpbacked bridge — A humpbacked bridge or humpback bridge is a short and very curved bridge with a shape similar to a semi-circle.
- hydrogen chloride — a colorless gas, HCl, having a pungent odor: the anhydride of hydrochloric acid.
- hydrogen fluoride — a colorless corrosive gas, HF, the anhydride of hydrofluoric acid, used chiefly as a catalyst and in the fluorination of hydrocarbons.
- hydrogen peroxide — a colorless, unstable, oily liquid, H 2 O 2 , an aqueous solution of which is used chiefly as an antiseptic and a bleaching agent.
- hydrogen sulphide — Chemistry
- hypophrygian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from B to B, with the final on E.
- i'd give anything — You use give in phrases such as I'd give anything, I'd give my right arm, and what wouldn't I give to emphasize that you are very eager to do or have something.
- in the background — behind the focus of attention
- in/with regard to — You can use with regard to or in regard to to indicate the subject that is being talked or written about.
- indirect lighting — reflected or diffused light, used especially in interiors to avoid glare or shadows.
- indistinguishable — not distinguishable.
- induction heating — a method of heating a conducting material, as metal in a furnace, by using electromagnetic induction to establish a current in the material.
- integrated school — (in New Zealand) a private or church school that has joined the state school system
- isherwood framing — a system for framing steel vessels in which light, closely spaced, longitudinal frames are connected by heavy, widely spaced transverse frames with deep webs.
- italian greyhound — one of an Italian breed of toy dogs resembling a greyhound.
- lady of the night — a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
- lady-of-the-night — a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
- lagrange's method — a procedure for finding maximum and minimum values of a function of several variables when the variables are restricted by additional conditions.
- light in the head — dizzy; giddy
- loggerhead shrike — a common, North American shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, gray above and white below with black wings, tail, and facial mask.
- loggerhead turtle — a sea turtle, Caretta caretta, having a large head: now greatly reduced in number.
- mechanical digger — a machine used for excavation
- medicochirurgical — pertaining to medicine and surgery.
- methylidyne group — the trivalent group ≡CH.
- nightshade family — the plant family Solanaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, and vines having alternate, simple or pinnate leaves, conspicuous flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including belladonna, eggplant, nightshade, peppers of the genus Capsicum, petunia, potato, tobacco, and tomato.
- north frigid zone — the part of the earth's surface between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole.
- on second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- orifice discharge — Orifice discharge is a model for calculating how quickly a fluid will come out of a punctured vessel or pipe.
- overhead lighting — lighting which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
- partially sighted — unable to see properly so that even with corrective aids normal activities are prevented or seriously hindered
- plug and feathers — an apparatus for splitting stone, consisting of two tapered bars (feathers) inserted into a hole drilled into the stone, between which a narrow wedge (plug) is hammered to spread them.
- pseudepigraphical — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
- radiometeorograph — a device for the automatic transmission by radio of the data from a set of meteorological instruments
- receding forehead — a forehead which slopes backwards
- receding hairline — hair that is thinning at the front
- revealed theology — theology based on the doctrine that all religious truth is derived exclusively from the revelations of God to humans.
- right in the head — sane
- rough-legged hawk — a large hawk, Buteo lagopus, of the Northern Hemisphere, that feeds chiefly on small rodents.
- sandringham house — a residence of the royal family, in Sandringham, a village in E England, in Norfolk near the E shore of the Wash
- sawed-off shotgun — rifle with a short barrel
- sheltered housing — accommodation designed esp for the elderly or infirm consisting of a group of individual premises, often with some shared facilities and a caretaker
- shetland sheepdog — one of a breed of small sheepdogs resembling a miniature collie, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- shooting incident — an incident involving guns