15-letter words containing h, a, n, d, l, i
- endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
- ethylenediamine — A viscous liquid used in making detergents and emulsifying agents.
- faint-heartedly — nervously
- flame hardening — the surface hardening of ferrous metals by heating the metal with an oxyacetylene flame followed by rapid cooling
- fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
- flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
- french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
- fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
- general holiday — a public holiday
- golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- grind to a halt — If a country's economy or something such as a process grinds to a halt, it gradually becomes slower or less active until it stops.
- half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
- hardy perennial — a plant that lasts three seasons or more and that can withstand freezing temperatures
- harun al-rashid — a.d. 764?–809, caliph of Baghdad 786–809: one of the greatest Abbasids, he was made almost a legendary hero in the Arabian Nights.
- hazard analysis — risk assessment
- hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
- hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
- herbal medicine — the use of herbs to treat illness
- highland cattle — a breed of cattle with shaggy hair, usually reddish-brown in colour, and long horns
- holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
- 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 feeling — the positive feeling people experience while on holiday and during holiday periods such as the Christmas period
- holyhead island — former name of Holy Island (def 2).
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hyaluronic acid — a mucopolysaccharide serving as a viscous medium in the tissues of the body and as a lubricant in joints.
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
- hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
- hypochondriacal — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- hypolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from C to C, with the final on F.
- identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
- in a good light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- in the old days — a long time ago
- in-visible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- indian elephant — See under elephant.
- indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
- 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.
- jewish calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by the Jews, in which time is reckoned from 3761 bc: regarded as the year of the Creation. The months, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul, Tishri, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, and Adar, have either 29 or 30 days. Originally a new month was declared when the new moon was sighted in Jerusalem, but when this became impossible, a complex formula was devised to keep Rosh Chodesh near to the new moon. In addition, to keep the harvest festivals in the right seasons, there is a Metonic cycle of 14 years, in five of which an additional month is added after Shevat. The year according to biblical reckoning begins with Nisan, and the civil year begins with Tishri; the years are numbered from Tishri
- judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- late in the day — in the evening
- lead-pipe cinch — an absolute certainty: It's a lead-pipe cinch they'll be there.
- left-hand drive — A left-hand drive vehicle has the steering wheel on the left side, and is designed to be used in countries where people drive on the right-hand side of the road.
- lie of the land — the topography of the land
- light and shade — If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood.
- lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.