15-letter words containing g, o, t, h
- heat-conducting — able to conduct heat or whose function is to conduct heat
- 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.
- height-to-paper — the standard height of type, measured from the foot to the face, in the U.S. 0.918 of an inch (2.33 cm).
- hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
- hepaticological — of or relating to hepaticology
- herod the great — ("the Great") 73?–4 b.c, king of Judea 37–4.
- heterogeneities — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
- heterogeneously — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- hierogrammatist — a writer of hierograms, hierogrammate
- high definition — a system for screen display of images that are sharper and more detailed than normal, having many more than the standard number of scanning lines per frame: Most TV shows are available in high definition. Abbreviation: HD. See also high-definition television.
- high on the hog — in a luxurious or costly way
- 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 technology — any technology requiring the most sophisticated scientific equipment and advanced engineering techniques, as microelectronics, data processing, genetic engineering, or telecommunications (opposed to low technology).
- high-angle shot — a shot taken from a camera positioned above the action
- high-definition — High-definition television or technology is a digital system that gives a much clearer picture than traditional television systems.
- 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.
- holding pattern — a traffic pattern for aircraft at a specified location (holding point) where they are ordered to remain until permitted to land or proceed.
- holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
- homing instinct — an instinct that enables an animal to return home after travelling great distances
- honey tangerine — a citrus fruit with a deep-orange pulp, formed by crossing a tangerine and a sweet orange hybrid; Murcott
- hot-bulb engine — a low-compression oil engine requiring a heated bulb or cap for ignition.
- hot-dip coating — the process of coating sheets of iron or steel with molten zinc.
- 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 accent — indeterminacy as to which of two consecutive syllables in a line of verse bears the metrical stress, as in any of the first three feet of Slow, slow, / fresh fount, / keep time / with my / salt tears.
- humphrey bogart — Humphrey (DeForest) ("Bogie"or"Bogey") 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- huntington park — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- hyetometrograph — an instrument used to record rainfall
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hypoventilating — Present participle of hypoventilate.
- 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.
- 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
- immunohistology — the microscopic study of tissues with the aid of antibodies that bind to tissue components and reveal their presence.
- immunopathology — the study of diseases having an immunologic or allergic basis.
- in a good light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- in a tight spot — in difficult situation
- in nothing flat — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- in the doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.