16-letter words containing h, i, e, r, u
- cupric hydroxide — a blue, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, Cu(OH) 2 , used in the manufacture of rayon, as a source for copper salts, and as a mordant.
- curtain-twitcher — a person who likes to watch unobserved what other people are doing
- cytoarchitecture — (biology) The arrangement of cells in an organism or organ.
- data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
- diesel-hydraulic — a locomotive driven by a diesel engine through hydraulic transmission and torque converters
- disorderly house — a house of prostitution; brothel.
- drumhead service — a religious service attended by members of a military unit while in the field
- edinburgh prolog — Prolog dialect which eventually developed into the standard, as opposed to Marseille Prolog. (The difference is largely syntax.) Clocksin & Mellish describe Edinburgh Prolog. Version: C-Prolog.
- electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
- enriched uranium — uranium in which the proportion of the fissile isotope U-235 has been increased to make it more fissile
- entrepreneurship — The art or science of innovation and risk-taking for profit in business.
- episcopal church — an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland and the US
- exhumation order — a legal instruction to exhume a body
- feather geranium — a Eurasian weed, Chenopodium botrys, of the amaranth family, having clusters of inconspicuous flowers and unpleasant smelling, lobed leaves.
- figure of speech — any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect. Compare trope (def 1).
- finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
- follicular phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, from onset of menstruation to ovulation.
- for the duration — If you say that something will happen for the duration, you mean that it will happen for as long as a particular situation continues.
- four-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted to all four wheels for improved traction.
- fourth dimension — Physics, Mathematics. a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables: Time is considered a fourth dimension for locating points in space-time.
- franchise clause — a clause stipulating that the insured will be responsible for any loss not in excess of a stated amount, and the insurance company will be liable for full payment of the loss equaling or exceeding the amount up to the insured amount.
- fraternity house — a house occupied by a college or university fraternity.
- fraunhofer lines — a set of dark lines appearing in the continuous emission spectrum of the sun. It is caused by the absorption of light of certain wavelengths coming from the hotter region of the sun by elements in the cooler outer atmosphere
- french community — a cultural and economic association of France, its overseas departments and territories, and former French territories that chose to maintain association after becoming independent republics: formed 1958.
- full to the brim — If something, especially a container, is filled to the brim or full to the brim with something, it is filled right up to the top.
- furniture polish — product: shines wood
- gnu archive site — (body) The main GNU FTP archive is on gnu.org but copies ("mirrors") of some or all of the files there are also held on many other computers around the world. To avoid overloading gnu.org and the Internet you should FTP files from the machine closest to yours. Look for a directory like /pub/gnu, /mirrors/gnu, /systems/gnu or /archives/gnu.
- go with the turf — to be an unavoidable part of a particular situation or process
- graphic language — For specifying graphic operations.
- greyhound racing — a sport in which a mechanically propelled dummy hare is pursued by greyhounds around a race track
- grind your teeth — If you grind your teeth, you rub your upper and lower teeth together as though you are chewing something.
- hawksbill turtle — a sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, the shell of which is the source of tortoise shell: an endangered species.
- headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
- health authority — a government agency that is responsible for NHS care in a particular area
- health insurance — insurance that compensates the insured for expenses or loss incurred for medical reasons, as through illness or hospitalization.
- heir presumptive — a person who is expected to be the heir but whose expectations may be canceled by the birth of a nearer heir.
- heliotherapeutic — Pertaining to heliotherapy.
- hematocrit-value — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- hemotherapeutics — hemotherapy.
- heteromultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more different polypeptide chains.
- heterosuggestion — Suggestion from outside.
- high court judge — a judge who sits in the High Court
- higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
- holier-than-thou — obnoxiously pious; sanctimonious; self-righteous.
- homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
- horsehair fungus — an edible white, striated, umbrella-capped mushroom, Marasmius rotula, commonly found in eastern North America.
- hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
- house of worship — house of God.
- housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
- huckleberry finn — (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) a novel (1884) by Mark Twain.