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15-letter words containing h, i, g, r, a

  • rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.
  • saguia el hamra — the N part of Western Sahara.
  • schiffs-reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
  • scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
  • semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
  • semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
  • sharing economy — a system in which people rent, borrow, or share commodities, services, and resources owned by individuals, usually with the aid of online technology, in an effort to save money, cut costs, and reduce waste.
  • shearing strain — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
  • shearing stress — a force causing two contacting parts or layers to slide upon each other, in opposite directions parallel to the plane of their contact
  • shearing-stress — a coefficient of elasticity of a substance, expressing the ratio between the force per unit area (shearing stress) that laterally deforms the substance and the shear (shearing strain) that is produced by this force.
  • shire highlands — an upland area of S Malawi. Average height: 900 m (3000 ft)
  • shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
  • shrink-wrapping — a flexible plastic wrapping designed to shrink about its contours to protect and seal something
  • singing teacher — a teacher who gives instruction in how to sing
  • sinkiang uighur — an autonomous region in NW China, bordering Tibet, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, Pakistan, and India: formerly a province. 635,830 sq. mi. (1,646,800 sq. km). Capital: Ürümqi.
  • social heritage — the entire inherited pattern of cultural activity present in a society.
  • spaghetti strap — a thin, often rounded strip of fabric used in women's clothing, as to form a shoulder strap on a bare-shouldered garment.
  • specific charge — the ratio of the charge on a particle to the mass of the particle.
  • speech training — training designed to improve spoken skills, such as voice projection
  • spherical angle — an angle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.
  • sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
  • standing charge — fixed energy costs
  • start something — to cause a disturbance or trouble
  • starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
  • states' righter — a person who opposes U.S. federal intervention in affairs of the separate states, supporting this position by a strict interpretation of the Constitution of the U.S.
  • straight matter — the body text of an article, story, etc., as distinguished from the title, subhead, and other display matter.
  • straight ticket — a ballot on which all votes have been cast for candidates of the same party.
  • straight-acting — (of a gay person) having the mannerisms of a heterosexual person: used esp by gay people of other gay people
  • straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
  • straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
  • strike the flag — to relinquish command, esp of a ship
  • telegraphically — of or relating to the telegraph.
  • thalassographic — relating to thalassography
  • thanks offering — an offering made as an expression of thanks to God
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • the everlasting — God
  • the grim reaper — death
  • the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
  • the right track — the correct line of investigation, inquiry, etc
  • the saint leger — an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season
  • the working man — working class people collectively
  • thermal imaging — Thermal imaging is the use of special equipment that can detect the heat produced by people or things and use it to produce images of them.
  • thought reading — mind reading.
  • thraco-phrygian — a hypothetical branch of Indo-European implying a special genetic affinity between the meagerly attested Thracian and Phrygian languages.
  • through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
  • tiglath-pileser — died 727 b.c, king of Assyria 745–727.
  • to carry weight — If a person or their opinion carries weight, they are respected and are able to influence people.
  • topographic map — a map showing topographic features, usually by means of contour lines.
  • training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
  • training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
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