18-letter words containing h, a, n, g, r, e
- noninterchangeable — That cannot be interchanged with another.
- north attleborough — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- north polar region — the region of land and water surrounding the North Pole.
- norwegian elkhound — one of a breed of dogs having a short, compact body, short, pointed ears, and a thick, gray coat, raised originally in Norway for hunting elk and other game.
- 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.
- oak-leaf hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea quercifolia, of the southeastern U.S., having lobed leaves and pyramidal clusters of white flowers.
- on the danger list — critically ill in hospital
- on the ragged edge — precariously close to loss of self-control, mental stability, etc.
- open heart surgery — surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
- open-heart surgery — surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
- optical brightener — an additive that dyes and brightens fabric or paper
- 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.
- palaeoanthropology — the branch of anthropology concerned with primitive man
- palm beach gardens — a city in SE Florida, near North Palm Beach.
- parachute regiment — an airborne regiment of an army
- paraurethral gland — any of a group of vestigial glands located in the posterior wall of the urethra in women.
- plains grasshopper — a large, destructive short-horned grasshopper, Brachystola magna, of the western U.S., marked by pinkish hind wings.
- prepare the ground — make conditions ready
- 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
- psychogalvanometer — a type of galvanometer for detecting and measuring psychogalvanic currents.
- purchasing officer — the member of staff in an organization who is responsible for buying goods or products
- regular hexahedron — a solid cube with six square faces
- resistance fighter — someone who fights (for freedom, etc) against an invader in an occupied country, or against their government, etc, often secretly or illegally
- reverse angle shot — Movies. reverse shot.
- runge-kutta method — a numerical method, involving successive approximations, used to solve differential equations.
- schengen agreement — an agreement, signed in 1985 at a meeting of European leaders near Schengen, Luxembourg, but not implemented until 1995, to gradually abolish border controls within Europe; it was supplemented in 1990 by the Schengen Convention; in 1999 the agreement was incorporated into European Union law. Twenty-six countries acceded by 2015; the UK is not a signatory
- shipping container — a large, strong container, usually of metal, used to store goods in during shipment
- shugart technology — Seagate Technology
- 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
- sound spectrograph — an electronic device for recording a sound spectogram.
- sow dragon's teeth — to take some action that is intended to prevent strife or trouble but that actually brings it about
- 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 hunger marches — a number of processions by unemployed workers in the 1930s to protest against unemployment and deprivation
- 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
- the passenger seat — the seat used by a passenger of a car, beside the driver
- 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.
- thermogalvanometer — a thermoammeter for measuring small currents, consisting of a thermocouple connected to a direct-current galvanometer.
- 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
- under the aegis of — guided or protected by
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).