15-letter words containing h, a, n, d, s
- non-shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
- nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
- nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
- off one's hands — for which one is no longer responsible
- old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
- old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- on the decrease — decreasing
- one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
- ordinary shares — British. a share of common stock.
- organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- over 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.
- panhandle state — West Virginia (used as a nickname).
- paphian goddess — Aphrodite, worshiped in Cyprus as the goddess of sexual love.
- pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
- phoenix islands — a group of eight coral islands in the central Pacific: administratively part of Kiribati. Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles). The islands and surrounding waters form the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, the world's largest marine protected area. Area: 410 500 sq km (158 500 sq miles)
- pick and choose — to choose or select from among a group: to pick a contestant from the audience.
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
- point-and-shoot — of or denoting a camera that does not require manual adjustment of shutter speed, focus, aperture, etc.
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- pseudo-bohemian — living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.
- pseudohexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
- psychodiagnosis — a psychological examination using psychodiagnostic techniques.
- ranfurly shield — (in New Zealand) the premier rugby trophy, competed for annually by provincial teams
- ray-finned fish — any of various bony fishes of the subclass Actinopterygii, having strong slender rays, excluding the coelacanth and lungfish.
- ready-furnished — (of a room, house, office, etc) fitted with furniture before being rented or sold
- reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
- rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
- roundheadedness — the state of having a round head
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- sanatana dharma — the name used by Hindus for Hinduism
- sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
- scotch highland — any of a breed of small, hardy, usually dun-colored, shaggy-haired beef cattle with long, widespread horns, able to withstand the cold and sparse pasturage of its native western Scottish uplands.
- seeding machine — a machine for sowing seeds
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- shire highlands — an upland area of S Malawi. Average height: 900 m (3000 ft)
- shoot one's wad — a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco.
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- short and sweet — having little length; not long.
- shorthand notes — notes written in shorthand
- shoulder season — a travel season between peak and off-peak seasons, especially spring and fall, when fares tend to be relatively low.
- shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
- show one's hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- single-handedly — in a single-handed manner; single-handed.