15-letter words containing h, g
- nottinghamshire — a county in central England. 854 sq. mi. (2210 sq. km).
- notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
- nuke the fridge — (of a film, etc.) to lose credibility following a particularly ill-judged scene or plot development
- object exchange — (protocol) (OBEX) A Bluetooth protocol in the Core Protocol Stack for data exchange.
- occulting light — a beacon having a light covered briefly at regular intervals.
- ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
- old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
- omnium gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
- omnium-gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
- on a shoestring — If you do something or make something on a shoestring, you do it using very little money.
- on the verge of — about to
- one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
- ophthalmologist — a doctor of medicine specializing in ophthalmology.
- ophthalmoplegia — Paralysis of the muscles within or surrounding the eye.
- opisthognathous — having receding jaws.
- orange chromide — an Asian cichlid fish, Etropus maculatus, with a brownish-orange spotted body
- orange hawkweed — a European composite plant, Hieracium aurantiacum, having orange, dandelionlike flowers, growing as a weed, especially in eastern North America.
- organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
- organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
- organophosphate — Biochemistry. any of a variety of organic compounds that contain phosphorus and often have intense neurotoxic activity: originally developed as nerve gases, now widely used as insecticides and fire retardants.
- 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.
- otaheite orange — a small citrus bush, Citrus limonia otaitensis, having fragrant flowers and small orange fruit, often cultivated as a houseplant.
- out of sight of — not in sight
- overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
- pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
- 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.
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- paphian goddess — Aphrodite, worshiped in Cyprus as the goddess of sexual love.
- parish magazine — a magazine containing news and articles of interest to the people of a particular parish church or the local area
- parish register — the register of the christenings, marriages, and burials in a parish.
- paroemiographer — a person who writes or collects proverbs
- parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
- parthenogenetic — development of an egg without fertilization.
- passenger coach — a carriage in which passengers sit
- patagonian hare — a burrowing, gray, long-eared and long-legged cavy of the genus Dolichotis, native to South America.
- pathophysiology — the physiology of abnormal or diseased organisms or their parts; the functional changes associated with a disease or syndrome.
- peachblow glass — an American art glass made in various pale colors and sometimes having an underlayer of milk glass.
- pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
- personal growth — development as an individual
- peter the great — ("the Great") 1672–1725, czar of Russia 1682–1725.
- pharmacological — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- phase-switching — a technique used in radio interferometry in which the signal from one of the two antennae is periodically reversed in phase before being multiplied by the signal from the other antenna