15-letter words containing h, a, n, d
- 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.
- lord chancellor — the highest judicial officer of the British crown: law adviser of the ministry, keeper of the great seal, presiding officer in the House of Lords, etc.
- lose 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.
- low bandwidth x — (networking) (LBX) An implementation of the X Window System designed to improve performance over ISDN, WAN, and serial lines.
- luggage handler — someone whose job is to handle and direct luggage, esp at an airport
- lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
- lymphadenopathy — chronically swollen lymph nodes.
- madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
- maidenhair fern — any fern of the cosmopolitan genus Adiantum, esp A. capillis-veneris, having delicate fan-shaped fronds with small pale-green leaflets: family Adiantaceae
- maidenhair tree — ginkgo.
- maidenhair-tree — ginkgo.
- maidenhair-vine — wire vine.
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- malpighian body — Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.
- man of his word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
- marsh andromeda — a low-growing pink-flowered ericaceous evergreen shrub, Andromeda polifolia, that grows in peaty bogs of northern regions
- maundy thursday — the Thursday of Holy Week, commemorating Jesus' Last Supper and His washing of the disciples' feet upon that day.
- medicinal leech — a bloodsucking leech, Hirudo medicinalis, of Europe, introduced into the northeastern U.S., usually green with brown stripes, up to 4 inches (10 cm) long: once used by physicians to bleed patients.
- mental handicap — learning disability
- methylphenidate — a central nervous system stimulant, C 1 4 H 1 9 NO 2 , used in the control of hyperkinetic syndromes and narcolepsy.
- misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
- mohandas gandhi — Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
- monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- monosaccharides — Plural form of monosaccharide.
- morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
- multi-channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- neanderthal man — a member of an extinct subspecies of powerful, physically robust humans, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, that inhabited Europe and western and central Asia c100,000–40,000 b.c.
- nearsightedness — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- needle exchange — A needle exchange is a place where drug addicts are able to obtain new syringes in exchange for used ones.
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- ninth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing that the rights enumerated in the Constitution would not be construed as denying or jeopardizing other rights of the people.
- no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- non-handicapped — Sometimes Offensive. physically or mentally disabled.
- non-shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
- nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
- nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
- nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
- norethandrolone — An anabolic steroid.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- north tonawanda — a city in W New York.
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- not lift a hand — to do nothing; not even try
- 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.
- nuclear warhead — a warhead containing a fission or fusion bomb.
- ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
- off one's hands — for which one is no longer responsible