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15-letter words containing h, e, l, g, o, a

  • old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
  • oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
  • ophthalmoplegia — Paralysis of the muscles within or surrounding the eye.
  • organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
  • orthokeratology — a technique for correcting refractive errors in vision by changing the shape of the cornea with the temporary use of progressively flatter hard contact lenses.
  • package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
  • paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
  • palaeogeography — the study of geographical features of the geological past
  • palaeontography — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the description of fossils
  • palaeopathology — the study of diseases of ancient man and fossil animals
  • palaeophytology — the study of ancient botany
  • paleogeophysics — (used with a plural verb) inferred geophysical conditions or processes of designated periods of the geologic past.
  • peachblow glass — an American art glass made in various pale colors and sometimes having an underlayer of milk glass.
  • personal growth — development as an individual
  • photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
  • photoheliograph — an instrument for photographing the sun, consisting of a camera and a specially adapted telescope.
  • phototelegraphy — facsimile (def 2a).
  • phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
  • phytoflagellate — any microscopic flagellate that is photosynthetic.
  • plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
  • pseudohexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
  • radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
  • radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
  • rough bluegrass — a grass, Poa trivialis, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, where it is used in mixtures for lawns and pasturage.
  • rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • school teaching — School teaching is the work done by teachers in a school.
  • school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
  • scottish gaelic — the Gaelic of the Hebrides and the Highlands of Scotland, also spoken as a second language in Nova Scotia.
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
  • shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
  • sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
  • snaggle toothed — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
  • snaggle-toothed — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
  • social heritage — the entire inherited pattern of cultural activity present in a society.
  • teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
  • technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • telephotography — photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
  • thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • to fly the flag — If you fly the flag, you show that you are proud of your country, or that you support a particular cause, especially when you are in a foreign country or when few other people do.
  • to get ahold of — to manage to find, contact, or obtain someone or something
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • xerographically — In a xerographic way; by xerography.
  • yellow goatfish — a schooling goatfish, Mulloidichthys martinicus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Panama.
  • zoogeographical — Pertaining to zoogeography.
  • zygophyllaceous — belonging to the Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family of plants.
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