15-letter words containing g, h, e, t
- biogeochemistry — the science of biological, chemical, and geological aspects of the environment
- bipartite graph — complete graph
- birch partridge — ruffed grouse
- birthing center — a medical facility for the labor and childbirth experience in a family-friendly, homelike environment.
- birthing centre — a private maternity hospital
- biting housefly — a two-winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest.
- boil-in-the-bag — (of food) able to be boiled in a sealed bag until ready to eat
- branchiostegous — branchiostegal.
- breathing space — A breathing space is a short period of time between two activities in which you can recover from the first activity and prepare for the second one.
- brights-disease — a disease characterized by albuminuria and heightened blood pressure.
- bring the check — If you bring the check in a restaurant, you bring the customer a piece of paper on which the price of their meal is written.
- bring to a head — to bring or be brought to a crisis
- british english — the English language as spoken and written in England and as distinguished esp. from American English
- calabash nutmeg — a tropical African shrub, Monodora myristica, whose oily aromatic seeds can be used as nutmegs: family Annonaceae
- call-out charge — a set amount charged for a repairman to come to one's house, or to a broken-down vehicle, which is added to the cost of the actual repair
- cathedral glass — a semitransparent sheet of rolled glass having a decorative pattern.
- central heating — Central heating is a heating system for buildings. Air or water is heated in one place and travels round a building through pipes and radiators.
- champagne flute — a tall, thin champagne glass
- change of heart — a profound change of outlook, opinion, etc
- charles doughty — Charles Montagu [mon-tuh-gyoo] /ˈmɒn təˌgyu/ (Show IPA), 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.
- check guarantee — A check guarantee is any method, usually via a plastic card, that guarantees that a payment made by check will be honored by the account holder’s bank.
- chelating agent — a chemical compound that coordinates with a metal to form a chelate, often used to trap or remove heavy metal ions
- chestnut blight — a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus (Endothia parasitica), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut
- chewing tobacco — tobacco, in the form of a plug, usually flavored, for chewing rather than smoking.
- chicago heights — a city in NE Illinois, S of Chicago.
- chicken nuggets — small pieces of chicken fried in batter
- child battering — child abuse in the form of battering
- child-battering — the physical abuse of a child by a parent or guardian, as by beating.
- chilling effect — a discouraging or deterring effect, especially one resulting from a restrictive law or regulation.
- chinese gelatin — agar (def 1).
- cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
- chromatographer — A person skilled in chromatography or who operates a chromatograph.
- church register — parish register.
- cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
- cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
- cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
- cobble together — If you say that someone has cobbled something together, you mean that they have made or produced it roughly or quickly.
- come to nothing — plan, idea: fail
- connected graph — (mathematics) A graph such that there is a path between any pair of nodes (via zero or more other nodes). Thus if we start from any node and visit all nodes connected to it by a single edge, then all nodes connected to any of them, and so on, then we will eventually have visited every node in the connected graph.
- countercharging — Present participle of countercharge.
- countercharming — Present participle of countercharm.
- counterchecking — Present participle of countercheck.
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- countermarching — Present participle of countermarch.
- counterpunching — Present participle of counterpunch.
- counterweighted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweight.
- crisis theology — a neoorthodox theology, advocated by Karl Barth and others, emphasizing the absolute necessity of faith and divine revelation in transcending the personal crisis, common to all humankind, that arises from the contradictions inherent in human nature and in the social order.
- crystal healing — (in alternative therapy) the use of the supposed power of crystals to affect the human energy field
- curate's-eggish — good in parts
- cybertechnology — Computer technology, especially that which involves the Internet or cyberspace.