16-letter words containing h, i, l
- re-entry vehicle — the section of a spacecraft or ballistic missile designed to return to earth.
- re-establishment — the act or an instance of establishing.
- rear-wheel drive — a layout in motor vehicles which places the engine at the front and the driven wheels at the rear
- recovery vehicle — a truck used to transport motor vehicles which have broken down to another location (generally a repair garage), or to recover vehicles which are no longer on a drivable surface
- recycling scheme — a scheme enabling the public to recycle waste
- research library — a general or specialized library that collects materials for use in intensive research projects.
- residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
- rhine palatinate — See under Palatinate (def 1).
- rhinolaryngology — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the nose and larynx
- rhode island red — one of an American breed of chickens having dark reddish-brown feathers and producing brown eggs.
- rhynchocephalian — belonging or pertaining to the Rhynchocephalia, an order of lizardlike reptiles that are extinct except for the tuatara.
- riau archipelago — a group of islands belonging to Indonesia, off the SE coast of the Malay Peninsula, at the entrance to the Strait of Malacca. 36,510 sq. mi. (94,561 sq. km).
- ribbon lightning — a repeated lightning discharge in which successive strokes are displaced from each other by wind, resulting in a broadened appearance.
- richard stallman — (person) Richard M. Stallman. Founder of the GNU project. He resigned from the AI lab at MIT so he would be free to produce free software which he could then distribute on his own terms. He went on to establish the Free Software Foundation to support the production of free software and ensure its free distribution. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- right honourable — (in Britain and certain Commonwealth countries) a title of respect for a Privy Councillor or an appeal-court judge
- saddle stitching — to sew, bind, or decorate with a saddle stitch.
- saint-barthelemy — (Saint Bartholomew; Saint Barts; Saint Barths) a resort island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands, part of the French department of Guadeloupe. 6900; 8 sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
- saint-ulmo-light — St. Elmo's fire.
- sandwich islands — the Hawaiian Islands
- savonarola chair — a chair of the Renaissance having a number of transverse pairs of curved legs, crossing beneath the seat and rising to support the arms and back.
- scarborough lily — a plant, Vallota speciosa, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of funnel-shaped, scarlet flowers.
- schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
- schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
- schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
- school committee — (in New Zealand) a parent group selected to support a primary school
- school inspector — an official whose job is to inspect schools and to report on their quality and conditions
- school librarian — a librarian who works in or is in charge of a school library
- school-age child — a child who is old enough to go to school
- schoolgirl crush — an infatuation that a young girl has, usually for an older man such as a teacher or an actor, which is seen as superficial and unlikely to last for long
- schoolteacherish — showing characteristics thought to be typical of a schoolteacher, as strictness and primness.
- schouten islands — a group of islands belonging to Papua New Guinea, in the Pacific Oceans, off the N coast of New Guinea.
- scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
- sealyham terrier — one of a Welsh breed of small terriers having short legs, a docked tail, and a wiry, mostly white coat.
- second childhood — senility; dotage.
- secular humanism — any set of beliefs that promotes human values without specific allusion to religious doctrines.
- seleucia trachea — an ancient city in SE Asia Minor, on the River Calycadnus (modern Goksu Nehri): captured by the Turks in the 13th century; site of present-day Silifke (Turkey)
- self-humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- self-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- sensible horizon — the line or circle that forms the apparent boundary between earth and sky.
- set light to sth — If you set light to something, you make it start burning.
- shag pile carpet — a large piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor
- sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
- sheffield shield — (in Australia) the former name for the trophy of the annual interstate cricket competition
- sheltering trust — a trust that provides a fund for a beneficiary, as a minor, with the title vested so that the fund or its income cannot be claimed by others, as creditors of the beneficiary.
- shepherd's plaid — a checkered black and white pattern
- ship of the line — a former sailing warship armed powerfully enough to serve in the line of battle, usually having cannons ranged along two or more decks; battleship.
- shipping channel — a navigational pathway that a ship uses to travel from one place to another
- shirring elastic — elastic used for shirring
- shoot-to-disable — of or relating to shooting by soldiers or police that is intended to disable rather than kill
- shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.