15-letter words containing h, e, r, s, i, o
- ethnocentricism — Ethnocentrism.
- faithworthiness — the quality of being faithworthy
- five-star hotel — a top-quality hotel offering exceptional luxury
- flowerhorn fish — a brightly coloured cichlid fish with a large protuberance on the head
- flowering shrub — any shrub that produces flowers
- fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
- for their pains — You say that something was all you got for your pains when you are mentioning the disappointing result of situation into which you put a lot of work or effort.
- force the issue — to compel decision on some matter
- foreshortenings — Plural form of foreshortening.
- foresightedness — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forthcomingness — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- fortysomethings — Plural form of fortysomething.
- franz joseph ii — 1906–1989, prince of Liechtenstein 1938–89.
- fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
- fusospirochetes — Plural form of fusospirochete.
- geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
- geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
- geomorphogenist — one who studies, or is an expert in, geomorphogeny
- geomorphologist — A geologist whose speciality is geomorphology.
- georg simon ohm — Georg Simon [gey-awrk zee-mawn] /geɪˈɔrk ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1787–1854, German physicist.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
- golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- gopher tortoise — any North American burrowing tortoise of the genus Gopherus, especially G. polyphemus, of the southeastern U.S.: several species are now reduced in number.
- grasshopper pie — a custardlike pie, flavored and colored with green crème de menthe and served in a graham-cracker crust.
- group therapist — a psychotherapist who conducts group therapy
- hair extensions — synthetic or human hair attached to the hair on someone's head to give the appearance of longer hair
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
- have words with — to argue angrily with
- heads will roll — If you say that heads will roll as a result of something bad that has happened, you mean that people will be punished for it, especially by losing their jobs.
- hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
- hemochromatosis — a rare metabolic disorder characterized by a bronzed skin, cirrhosis, and severe diabetes, caused by the deposit in tissue, especially of the liver and pancreas, of hemosiderin and other pigments containing iron.
- heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
- hermaphroditism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- heroin overdose — an excessive amount of the drug heroin, sufficient to cause illness or death
- heterogeneities — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
- heteroscedastic — (of several distributions) having different variances
- heterosexualism — Discrimination of non-heterosexual people on the basis of their sexual orientation.
- heterosexuality — sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
- hexylresorcinol — white or yellowish-white, needle-shaped crystals, C 12 H 18 O 2 , used chiefly as an antiseptic and for the expulsion of intestinal worms.
- hiberno-english — Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.
- hierogrammatist — a writer of hierograms, hierogrammate
- high priesthood — the condition or office of a high priest.
- high resolution — a great amount of detail visible in a photographic, TV, or video image
- high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
- historiographer — a historian, especially one appointed to write an official history of a group, period, or institution.
- holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
- hoosier cabinet — a tall kitchen cabinet mass-produced during the early part of the 20th century, usually of oak, featuring an enameled work surface, storage bins, a flour sifter, etc.