15-letter words containing h, a, l, e, u
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- hundred's place — hundred (def 8).
- hung parliament — a parliament that does not have a party with a working majority
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hydraulic brake — a brake operated by fluid pressures in cylinders and connecting tubular lines.
- hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- hypercalcinuria — Condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hypermutability — liable or subject to change or alteration.
- hypersexualised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualise.
- hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
- hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
- hypoinsulinemia — (medicine) An abnormally low level of insulin in the blood.
- imperial bushel — a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel) and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel) Abbreviation: bu., bush.
- inauthentically — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- inguinal hernia — a common type of hernia in which a loop of the intestine protrudes directly through a weak area of the abdominal wall in the groin region.
- 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.
- jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
- labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
- landeshauptmann — the head of government in an Austrian state
- langston hughes — Charles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
- language school — A language school is a private school where a foreign language is taught.
- 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.
- lauric aldehyde — a colorless, extremely alcohol-soluble liquid having a strong floral odor, C 12 H 24 O, used chiefly in perfumery.
- leathery turtle — a large turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, of warm and tropical seas, having a ridged leathery carapace: family Dermochelidae
- lecture theatre — auditorium
- lethal mutation — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
- lithium battery — A lithium battery is a type of battery used for low-power, high-reliability, long-life applications, such as clocks, cameras and calculators.
- lithium citrate — a white crystalline solid sometimes used in the treatment of manic-depressive illness and mania. Formula: Li3C6H5O7
- lose your heart — If you lose your heart to someone, you fall in love with them.
- louisiana heron — tricolored heron.
- luggage handler — someone whose job is to handle and direct luggage, esp at an airport
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
- male chauvinism — the beliefs, attitudes, or behavior of male chauvinists (men who patronize, disparage, or otherwise denigrate females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit).
- male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
- manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
- manual alphabet — a set of finger configurations corresponding to the letters of the alphabet, used by the deaf in fingerspelling.
- marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
- masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
- mechanical pulp — groundwood pulp.
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- mother language — a language from which another language is descended; parent language.
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.