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18-letter words containing h, e, a, d

  • a bird in the hand — A bird in the hand is something that you already have and do not want to risk losing by trying to get something else.
  • a foot in the door — an action, appointment, etc, that provides an initial step towards a desired goal, esp one that is not easily attainable
  • a leap in the dark — an action performed without knowledge of the consequences
  • a shot in the dark — If you describe something someone says or does as a shot in the dark or a stab in the dark, you mean they are guessing that what they say is correct or that what they do will be successful.
  • abd-er-rahman khan — 1830?–1901, amir of Afghanistan 1880–1901.
  • absolute threshold — the minimum intensity of a stimulus at which it can just be perceived
  • acadian flycatcher — a small, greenish tyrant flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) found in deciduous forests of E North America
  • according to hoyle — according to the rules and regulations; in the prescribed, fair, or correct way
  • acquired behaviour — the behaviour of an organism resulting from the effects of the environment
  • acquired character — a modification of structure or function caused by environmental factors: now generally regarded as not inheritable
  • activated charcoal — a form of carbon having very fine pores: used chiefly for adsorbing gases or solutes, as in various filter systems for purification, deodorization, and decolorization.
  • addressing machine — a printer that prints addresses directly on to letters, labels, and envelopes
  • adenosylmethionine — (biochemistry) An adenosyl derivative of methionine that is a common co-substrate involved in transmethylation.
  • admirable crichton — a comedy (1902) by Sir James M. Barrie.
  • aerothermodynamics — the study of the exchange of heat between solids and gases, esp of the heating effect on aircraft flying through the air at very high speeds
  • aesthetic distance — a degree of detachment from or nonidentification with the characters or circumstances of a work of art, permitting the formation of judgments based on aesthetic rather than extra-aesthetic criteria.
  • ahead of the curve — People, products or ideas that are ahead of the curve are more advanced or modern than others of their kind.
  • ahead of your time — If someone is ahead of their time or before their time, they have new ideas a long time before other people start to think in the same way.
  • albrecht waldstein — Albrecht von [German ahl-brekht fuh n] /German ˈɑl brɛxt fən/ (Show IPA), Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von.
  • alcohol dependence — alcoholism.
  • alexander hamiltonAlexander, 1757–1804, American statesman and writer on government: the first Secretary of the Treasury 1789–97; mortally wounded by Aaron Burr in a duel.
  • alumina trihydrate — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, Al(OH) 3 or Al 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, obtained chiefly from bauxite: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, and printing inks, in dyeing, and in medicine as an antacid and in the treatment of ulcers.
  • aluminum hydroxide — a white powder, Al(OH)3, obtained from bauxite and used to make glass, paper, etc. and in antacids
  • ammonium hydroxide — a compound existing only in aqueous solution, formed when ammonia dissolves in water to form ammonium ions and hydroxide ions. Formula: NH4OH
  • an overgrown child — an adult whose behaviour is characteristic of a child
  • aphrodite of melos — a Greek statue of Venus in marble, c200 b.c., found in 1820 on Melos and now in the Louvre, Paris.
  • applied psychology — psychology that is put to practical use
  • armed to the teeth — Someone who is armed to the teeth is armed with a lot of weapons or with very effective weapons.
  • atmospheric window — wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum that can be transmitted through the earth's atmosphere. Atmospheric windows occur in the visible, infrared, and radio regions of the spectrum
  • auditory phonetics — the branch of phonetics concerned with the perception of speech sounds by humans
  • authorized capital — the total amount of value of the shares that a company is allowed to distribute
  • authorized version — the revised English translation of the Bible published in England in 1611 with the authorization of King James I
  • avoirdupois weight — a British and American system of weights based on a pound of 16 ounces
  • bach flower remedy — an alternative medicine consisting of a distillation from various flowers, designed to counteract negative states of mind and restore emotional balance
  • back in the saddle — at work again
  • back/down to earth — If you come down to earth or back to earth, you have to face the reality of everyday life after a period of great excitement.
  • basket-handle arch — an arch having a symmetrical form drawn from an odd number of radii in excess of one, which increase in length from the springing toward the center.
  • bel and the dragon — a book of the Apocrypha that is included as chapter 14 of Daniel in the Douay Bible.
  • bells and whistles — additional features or accessories which are nonessential but very attractive
  • bernard of menthon — Saint(11th cent.); Fr. monk who founded hospices in the Swiss Alps: his day is May 28
  • bevel-faced hammer — a riveting hammer having an oblique face.
  • bhumibol adulyadej — (Phumiphon Aduldet; Bhumibol Adulyadej) born 1927, king of Thailand since 1946.
  • birds of a feather — If you refer to two people as birds of a feather, you mean that they have the same interests or are very similar.
  • borax pentahydrate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 B 4 O 7 ⋅5H 2 O, used chiefly for killing weeds, as a water softener, and as a disinfectant and deodorizing agent.
  • bottle-nosed whale — any of various beaked whales of the family Hyperoodontidae, characterized by a bulbous forehead, especially Hyperoodon ampullatus of the North Atlantic.
  • broadcasting house — any of a number of buildings in the UK from which the BBC broadcasts or has broadcast
  • butterhead lettuce — a major group of lettuce varieties having soft, pliable leaves and small, loose heads, including bibb and Boston lettuce
  • carbonic anhydrase — an enzyme in blood cells that catalyses the decomposition of carbonic acid into carbon dioxide and water, facilitating the transport of carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs
  • carbonic-anhydride — carbon dioxide.
  • carolina chickadee — a chickadee, Parus carolinensis, of the southeastern U.S., resembling but smaller than the black-capped chickadee.

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