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15-letter words containing g, o, s

  • guest of honour — If you say that someone is the guest of honour at a dinner or other social occasion, you mean that they are the most important guest.
  • guild socialism — a form of socialism developed in England in the 20th century, emphasizing decentralization of industry and services with control to be vested in autonomous guilds of workers.
  • gulf of argolis — an inlet of the Aegean Sea, in the E Peloponnese
  • gulf of fonseca — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America
  • gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
  • hang one's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • hardhead sponge — any of several commercial sponges, as Spongia officinalis dura, of the West Indies and Central America, having a harsh, fibrous, resilient skeleton.
  • have a go at sb — If someone has a go at you, they criticize you, often in a way that you feel is unfair.
  • have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
  • hedge your bets — play it safe, lessen a risk
  • hedgehog cactus — any of various rounded, usually spiny cacti of the genus Echinocereus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having bell-shaped flowers that close at night.
  • hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
  • hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
  • hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
  • heterogeneities — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
  • heterogeneously — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
  • hiberno-english — Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.
  • hierogrammatist — a writer of hierograms, hierogrammate
  • high commission — A High Commission is the office where a High Commissioner and his or her staff work, or the group of officials who work there.
  • high priesthood — the condition or office of a high priest.
  • high resolution — a great amount of detail visible in a photographic, TV, or video image
  • high-angle shot — a shot taken from a camera positioned above the action
  • high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
  • histomorphology — histology.
  • histopathologic — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
  • histophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with tissues.
  • historiographer — a historian, especially one appointed to write an official history of a group, period, or institution.
  • historiographic — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
  • hog-nosed skunk — Also called badger skunk, rooter skunk. a large, naked-muzzled skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus, common in the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a black coat with one broad white stripe down the back and tail.
  • homing instinct — an instinct that enables an animal to return home after travelling great distances
  • homogeneousness — (rare) homogeneity, the state of having a uniform composition.
  • horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
  • household goods — kitchenware and other utensils for use in the home
  • housing benefit — In Britain, housing benefit is money that the government gives to people with no income or very low incomes to pay for part or all of their rent.
  • housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
  • hovering vessel — a vessel in territorial waters apparently collaborating in illicit operations.
  • hughes syndrome — a condition of the autoimmune system caused by antibodies reacting against phospholipids, leading to thrombosis
  • hump one's swag — (of a tramp) to carry one's belongings from place to place on one's back
  • huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
  • hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
  • hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
  • hypomagnesaemia — the condition of having too little magnesium in the blood, particularly in cattle, in which it is also known as lactation tetany
  • idiot's delight — any variety of the card game solitaire.
  • if nothing else — You can say 'if nothing else' to indicate that what you are mentioning is, in your opinion, the only good thing in a particular situation.
  • ignatius loyola — Saint Ignatius of (Iñigo López de Loyola) 1491–1556, Spanish soldier and ecclesiastic: founder of the Society of Jesus.
  • ignition source — An ignition source is a process or event which can cause a fire or explosion.
  • ignition switch — (on a vehicle) the part that sets the process of ignition in motion once the ignition key is turned; also a button used for the same purpose
  • ignition system — the system in an internal-combustion engine that produces the spark to ignite the mixture of fuel and air: includes the battery, ignition coil, distributor, spark plugs, and associated switches and wiring.
  • ignominiousness — The state or quality of being ignominious.
  • image-conscious — concerned about the way one comes across to other people and the impression one creates
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