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15-letter words containing h, i, g, e

  • hard-boiled egg — egg boiled until the yolk is set
  • have a right to — be entitled to
  • have got it bad — to be infatuated
  • have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
  • have nothing on — be naked
  • hearing ear dog — a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing-impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises.
  • hearing-ear dog — a dog that has been trained to alert a hearing-impaired person to sounds, as a telephone ringing or dangerous noises.
  • heart-searching — a thorough examination of one's feelings and motives; a self-examination of one's conscience.
  • heartbreakingly — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
  • heat-conducting — able to conduct heat or whose function is to conduct heat
  • heating element — a coil or other arrangement of wire in which heat is produced by an electric current
  • heave-off hinge — loose-joint hinge.
  • heavy breathing — stertorous breathing or breathing done with difficulty
  • hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
  • height-to-paper — the standard height of type, measured from the foot to the face, in the U.S. 0.918 of an inch (2.33 cm).
  • heliacal rising — rising of a celestial object at approximately the same time as the rising of the sun
  • 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.
  • hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
  • hepaticological — of or relating to hepaticology
  • heritage centre — a museum that houses exhibits describing the culture and history of a particular place and its inhabitants
  • herod agrippa i — 10 bc–44 ad, king of Judaea (41–44), grandson of Herod (the Great). A friend of Caligula and Claudius, he imprisoned Saint Peter and executed Saint James
  • heterogeneities — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
  • hiberno-english — Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.
  • hieroglyphology — the study of hieroglyphic writing.
  • hierogrammatist — a writer of hierograms, hierogrammate
  • high definition — a system for screen display of images that are sharper and more detailed than normal, having many more than the standard number of scanning lines per frame: Most TV shows are available in high definition. Abbreviation: HD. See also high-definition television.
  • high on the hog — in a luxurious or costly way
  • 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 technology — any technology requiring the most sophisticated scientific equipment and advanced engineering techniques, as microelectronics, data processing, genetic engineering, or telecommunications (opposed to low technology).
  • high-angle shot — a shot taken from a camera positioned above the action
  • high-definition — High-definition television or technology is a digital system that gives a much clearer picture than traditional television systems.
  • high-dependency — needing or providing a more than usually high level of healthcare
  • high-fibre diet — a diet which contains a lot of fibre, supposed to help keep your digestive system healthy
  • high-handedness — condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner.
  • high-principled — possessing or displaying very high moral or ethical principles
  • high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
  • high-water mark — a mark showing the highest level reached by a body of water.
  • highland cattle — a breed of cattle with shaggy hair, usually reddish-brown in colour, and long horns
  • highway robbery — robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman.
  • hindenburg line — a line of elaborate fortifications established by the German army in World War I, near the French-Belgian border, from Lille SE to Metz.
  • historiographer — a historian, especially one appointed to write an official history of a group, period, or institution.
  • hit the ceiling — the overhead interior surface of a room.
  • holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
  • holding pattern — a traffic pattern for aircraft at a specified location (holding point) where they are ordered to remain until permitted to land or proceed.
  • holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
  • holiday feeling — the positive feeling people experience while on holiday and during holiday periods such as the Christmas period
  • holiday village — a park with villas where holidaymakers stay and which has a central area with a shop, entertainment, etc
  • homing guidance — a method of missile guidance in which internal equipment enables it to steer itself onto the target, as by sensing the target's heat radiation
  • honey tangerine — a citrus fruit with a deep-orange pulp, formed by crossing a tangerine and a sweet orange hybrid; Murcott
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