18-letter words containing h, a, n, g, i, r
- not a pretty sight — If you say that someone or something is not a pretty sight, you mean that it is not pleasant to look at.
- on the danger list — critically ill in hospital
- optical brightener — an additive that dyes and brightens fabric or paper
- organization chart — a diagrammatic representation showing how departments or divisions in an organization, as a large corporation, are related to one another along lines of authority.
- orthotungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2WO4
- overnight telegram — a type of domestic telegram sent at a reduced rate with a minimum charge for 10 words or less and accepted until midnight for delivery the following day.
- parachute regiment — an airborne regiment of an army
- paraglyph printing — the printing of the positive and negative of a radiograph superimposed in slight misalignment to give the effect of a relief.
- parathyroid glands — any of several small oval glands usually lying near or embedded in the thyroid gland.
- phantasmagorically — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- plains grasshopper — a large, destructive short-horned grasshopper, Brachystola magna, of the western U.S., marked by pinkish hind wings.
- prerelease showing — a showing of a film before it goes on general release
- propaganda machine — the group of people, publications, etc, such as of a government, country etc, responsible for the organized dissemination of information, allegations, etc, to assist or damage the cause of a government, movement, etc
- purchasing officer — the member of staff in an organization who is responsible for buying goods or products
- resistance fighter — someone who fights (for freedom, etc) against an invader in an occupied country, or against their government, etc, often secretly or illegally
- rhyming dictionary — a specialist dictionary organized by the final sounds of words, used to write poetry
- shipping container — a large, strong container, usually of metal, used to store goods in during shipment
- shunting operation — an operation in which rail coaches are manoeuvred
- snake in the grass — a treacherous person, especially one who feigns friendship.
- something to spare — a surplus of something
- spherical triangle — a triangle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.
- strathclyde region — a former local government region in W Scotland: formed in 1975 from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, and parts of Argyllshire, Ayrshire, and Stirlingshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire
- sympathetic string — a thin wire string, as in various obsolete musical instruments, designed to vibrate sympathetically with the bowed or plucked strings to reinforce the sound.
- technical sergeant — a noncommissioned officer ranking below a master sergeant and above a staff sergeant.
- the electronic age — the electronic age began when electronic equipment, including computers came into use
- the general public — the people in a society; people in general
- the grand national — an annual steeplechase run at Aintree, Liverpool, since 1839
- the major rogation — April 25, observed by Christians as a day of solemn supplication for the harvest and marked by processions, special prayers, and blessing of the crops
- there you go again — Phrases such as there you go again are used to show annoyance at someone who is repeating something that has annoyed you in the past.
- third man argument — (in the philosophy of Aristotle) the argument against the existence of Platonic Forms that since the Form of Man is itself a perfect man, a further form (the "third" man) would be required to explain this, and so ad infinitum
- three-day eventing — participation in a three day equestrian competition consisting of dressage, cross-country jumping, and stadium jumping
- to a grinding halt — If you describe a bad situation as grinding, you mean it never gets better, changes, or ends.
- under the aegis of — guided or protected by
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).
- westinghouse brake — a railroad air brake operated by compressed air.
- wheelchair housing — housing designed or adapted for a chairbound person
- whispering gallery — a space or gallery beneath a dome or broad arch in which low sounds produced at any of certain points are clearly audible at certain other distant points.
- whitewater rafting — the sport of rafting down fast-flowing rivers, esp over rapids