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15-letter words containing h, e, r, a, l

  • mother of pearl — a hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc.; nacre.
  • mother-of-pearl — a hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc.; nacre.
  • mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
  • naismith's rule — a rule of thumb for calculating the time needed for a climbing expedition, allowing 1 hour for every 3 miles of distance plus 1 hour for every 2000 feet of height
  • nappa (leather) — a soft, supple leather produced, esp. from sheepskin, by tawing
  • natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
  • natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
  • neanderthal man — a member of an extinct subspecies of powerful, physically robust humans, Homo sapiens neanderthalensis, that inhabited Europe and western and central Asia c100,000–40,000 b.c.
  • nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
  • neo-lutheranism — a movement begun in the 19th century in Germany and Scandinavia to revive the orthodox principles, beliefs, and practices of the Lutheran Church.
  • nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
  • neurobehavioral — of or relating to an approach to studying behavior that stresses the importance of nerve and brain function.
  • neurochemically — In a neurochemical manner or context.
  • neuroepithelial — Of or relating to the neuroepithelium.
  • neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
  • neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
  • new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
  • nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
  • no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • non-shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • nonhierarchical — Classified or arranged so that a group or person has the same authority as everyone else; not hierarchical.
  • nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
  • norethandrolone — An anabolic steroid.
  • north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
  • northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
  • northern parula — any of several American wood warblers of the genus Parula, especially P. americana (northern parula) having bluish plumage with a yellow throat and breast.
  • northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
  • nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
  • nuclear warhead — a warhead containing a fission or fusion bomb.
  • old father time — time personified
  • old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
  • oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
  • on the trail of — If you are on the trail of a person or thing, you are trying hard to find them or find out about them.
  • one's last hour — the time of one's death
  • orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
  • organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
  • ornithodelphian — of or relating to mammals of the class Ornithodelphia
  • 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.
  • orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
  • overhead locker — a locker situated above someone's seat for storing luggage, etc
  • paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
  • palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
  • palaeogeography — the study of geographical features of the geological past
  • palaeontography — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the description of fossils
  • paracetaldehyde — paraldehyde.
  • paraheliotropic — (of leaves) turning away from light; sun-avoiding
  • parenthetically — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
  • parhelic circle — a white, horizontal band passing through the sun, either incomplete or extending around the horizon, produced by the reflection of the sun's rays from the vertical faces of ice prisms in the atmosphere.
  • pass-the-parcel — a children's game in which a parcel with lots of wrappings is passed round while music plays; each time the music stops the person holding the parcel takes a layer of wrapping off
  • passport holder — a person who has a passport
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