20-letter words containing h, i, g, o, r

photogelatin process — collotype (def 1).
phthalocyanine green — a pigment used in painting, derived from chlorinated copper phthalocyanine and characterized chiefly by its intense green color and permanence.
physical meteorology — the branch of meteorology dealing with the study of optical, electrical, acoustical, and thermodynamic phenomena in the atmosphere, including the physics of clouds and precipitation.
poor man's something — a (cheaper) substitute for something
portrait photography — the activity or art of taking portrait photos
posted write-through — A cache with a posted write-through policy (e.g. Intel 80386) delays the write-back to main memory until the bus is not in use.
poza rica de hidalgo — a city in N Veracruz, in E Mexico.
pride of the morning — light mist or precipitation observed at sea in the morning and regarded as indicating a fine day.
proof of the pudding — the true value or quality of something, as seen when it is experienced, tried, or put to use: The proof of the pudding for a business is what customers say about it.
psychometric testing — the use of psychometric tests, often as a selection method
pyroligneous alcohol — methyl alcohol.
quaker meeting house — a place where Quakers gather for worship
quarantine anchorage — an anchorage for ships awaiting a pratique.
quick on the trigger — quick to fire a gun
ring of the nibelung — Richard Wagner's tetralogy of music dramas: Das Rheingold (completed 1869), Die Walküre (completed 1870), Siegfried (completed 1876), and Götterdämmerung (completed 1876): the cycle was first performed at Bayreuth, 1876.
ringing off the hook — If your phone is ringing off the hook, so many people are trying to telephone you that it is ringing constantly.
rough-winged swallow — either of two New World swallows of the genus Stelgidopteryx, having outer primary feathers with small barblike hooks on the margins.
royal british legion — an organization founded in 1921 to provide services and assistance for former members of the armed forces
satellite photograph — a photograph taken by an artificial satellite from space
scatter site housing — public housing, especially for low-income families, built throughout an urban area rather than being concentrated in a single neighborhood.
schrodinger equation — the wave equation of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics. Also called Schrödinger wave equation. Compare wave equation (def 2).
semiautobiographical — pertaining to or being a fictionalized account of an author's own life.
serve a person right — to pay a person back, esp for wrongful or foolish treatment or behaviour
set the ball rolling — to open or initiate (an action, discussion, movement, etc)
sex change operation — a surgical operation designed to change a person's physical sexual characteristics to those of the opposite sex
shoulder-length hair — hair that reaches a person's shoulders
slip through the net — If criminals slip through the net, they avoid being caught by the system or trap that was meant to catch them.
state highway patrol — a state's road traffic police
straight as an arrow — direct, unwavering
straight-cut tobacco — tobacco that is cut in such a way that it will lie flat.
synchronized skating — the art or sport of teams of up to twenty skaters holding onto each other and moving in patterns in time to music
tetrahydrogestrinone — a synthetic anabolic steroid. Formula: C21H28O2
the founding fathers — any of the men who were members of the U.S. Constituional Convention of 1787
the gnomes of zurich — Swiss bankers and financiers
the legal profession — the profession of law
the roaring twenties — a phrase used to describe the decade of the 1920s (esp in America), so called due to the social, artistic, and cultural dynamism of the period
the thinking process — thought; the activity of thinking
the toronto blessing — a variety of emotional reactions such as laughing, weeping, and fainting, experienced by participants in a form of charismatic Christian worship
theory of everything — a theory intended to show that the electroweak, strong, and gravitational forces are components of a single quantized force.
there's no mistaking — You can say there is no mistaking something when you are emphasizing that you cannot fail to recognize or understand it.
there's nothing like — a general expression of praise
to be a warning shot — to be a warning
to bring up the rear — If a person or vehicle is bringing up the rear, they are the last person or vehicle in a moving line of them.
to give sb their due — You can say 'to give him his due', or 'giving him his due' when you are admitting that there are some good things about someone, even though there are things that you do not like about them.
to go the extra mile — If you say that someone is willing to go the extra mile, you mean that they are willing to make a special effort to do or achieve something.
to put sth to rights — to make something consistent with justice, correctness, or orderly arrangement
to reach new heights — to become higher than ever before
to reserve the right — If you say that you reserve the right to do something, you mean that you will do it if you feel that it is necessary.
to tighten your belt — If you have to tighten your belt, you have to spend less money and manage without things because you have less money than you used to have.
triple witching hour — the last hour of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the four Fridays each year when stock options, stock index futures, and options on such futures simultaneously expire: regarded as a time of extreme volatility in trading.

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