15-letter words containing h, g
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- truth-value gap — the possibility in certain semantic systems of a statement being neither true nor false while also not being determinately of any third truth-value, as all my children are asleep uttered by a childless person
- turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
- twitching trail — a logging road sufficiently developed to allow the hauling of logs along it by horse or tractor.
- typographically — of or relating to typography.
- ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
- unchallengeably — in a way that cannot be challenged; in an unchallengeable manner
- unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned
- unchronological — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
- uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- undistinguished — having no distinguishing marks or features.
- unrelinquishing — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- unrighteousness — not righteous; not upright or virtuous; wicked; sinful; evil: an unrighteous king.
- upright freezer — a freezer that is tall rather than wide
- vanishing cream — a cosmetic similar to cold cream but less oily, applied usually to the face and neck as a base, night cream, or moisturizer.
- vanishing point — a point of disappearance, cessation, or extinction: His patience had reached the vanishing point.
- vanishing spray — a substance that disperses without trace shortly after it is sprayed onto a surface, used in football to mark a temporary line behind which defenders must stand when a free kick is taken
- vegetable patch — part of a garden used for growing vegetables
- vegetable sheep — any of various species of the genus Raoulia, esp R. mammillaris or R. eximia, of New Zealand rocky mountains: a small low bush having white flowers and hairy leaves which, from a distance, make it look like a sheep
- vending machine — a coin-operated machine for selling small articles, beverages, etc.
- vine technology — (company) A company which provides professional consulting services in the areas of networking, real-time systems, graphic arts, and web server advertisement space. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- visiting rights — the right to visit someone
- vortex shedding — the process by which vortices formed continuously by the aerodynamic conditions associated with a solid body in a gas or air stream are carried downstream by the flow in the form of a vortex street
- walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.
- walking holiday — a holiday on which you walk a lot, esp in the countryside
- walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- washing machine — an apparatus, especially a household appliance, for washing clothing, linens, etc.
- washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
- washington lily — a lily, Lilium washingtonianum, of the western coast of the U.S., having whorled leaves and fragrant, purple-spotted white flowers.
- washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
- weather through — to pass or go safely through a storm, peril, difficulty, etc.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- weatherproofing — Present participle of weatherproof.
- weight training — weightlifting done as a conditioning exercise.
- well-brought-up — If you say that someone, especially a child, is well-brought-up, you mean that they are very polite because they have been taught good manners.
- well-thought-of — highly esteemed; of good reputation: a well-thought-of scholar; This new book is well-thought-of.
- whaling station — a place where the carcases of whales were processed
- what's cooking? — what's happening?
- wheatgerm bread — bread made with wheat germ
- whistle-blowing — a person who informs on another or makes public disclosure of corruption or wrongdoing.
- white lightning — moonshine (def 1).
- window shopping — browsing store displays
- winesburg, ohio — a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson.
- witch of agnesi — a plane curve symmetrical about the y- axis and asymptotic to the x- axis, given by the equation x 2 y =4 a 2 (2 a − y).
- with good grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- withholding tax — that part of an employee's tax liability withheld by the employer from wages or salary and paid directly to the government.
- working holiday — trip combining vacation with job experience
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
- wrongheadedness — The state of being wrongheaded.