15-letter words containing h, a, v, e
- half-wave plate — a crystal thin enough to cause a phase difference of 180° between the ordinary and extraordinary rays of polarized light, thereby changing the direction of the plane of polarization.
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- hard disk drive — (storage) (HDD) A disk drive used to read and write hard disks.
- have (down) pat — to know or have memorized thoroughly
- have a crush on — be attracted to: sb
- have a derry on — to have a prejudice or grudge against
- have a go at sb — If someone has a go at you, they criticize you, often in a way that you feel is unfair.
- have a good day — pleasantry
- have a nice day — pleasantry
- have a right to — be entitled to
- have a smack at — to attempt
- have a way with — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- have a whack at — to aim a blow at
- have an edge on — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
- have an eye for — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- have got it bad — to be infatuated
- have had enough — be weary, exasperated
- have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
- have itchy feet — to be restless; have a desire to travel
- have no use for — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- have nothing on — be naked
- have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
- have the ear of — to be in a position to influence
- have to do with — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- have to lump it — If you say that someone will have to lump it, you mean that they must accept a situation or decision whether they like it or not.
- have words with — to argue angrily with
- haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
- head over heels — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- heave-off hinge — loose-joint hinge.
- heavenly father — a term used to address or refer to God
- heaviside layer — E layer.
- heavy artillery — guns and howitzers of large caliber.
- heavy breathing — stertorous breathing or breathing done with difficulty
- heavy-heartedly — in a heavy-hearted manner
- henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
- heteronormative — noting or relating to behavior or attitudes consistent with traditional male or female gender roles and the assumption of heterosexuality as the norm: our heteronormative culture.
- holiday village — a park with villas where holidaymakers stay and which has a central area with a shop, entertainment, etc
- hovering accent — indeterminacy as to which of two consecutive syllables in a line of verse bears the metrical stress, as in any of the first three feet of Slow, slow, / fresh fount, / keep time / with my / salt tears.
- hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- hyperaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- hyperovarianism — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
- hyperreactivity — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
- hypoventilating — Present participle of hypoventilate.
- hypoventilation — Breathing at an abnormally slow rate, resulting in an increased amount of carbon dioxide in the blood.
- impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
- in the negative — by saying no
- 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.