19-letter words containing h, i, r, s, t
- health professional — a person trained to work in any field of physical or mental health.
- hermes trismegistus — a name variously ascribed by Neoplatonists and others to an Egyptian priest or to the Egyptian god Thoth, to some extent identified with the Grecian Hermes: various mystical, religious, philosophical, astrological, and alchemical writings were ascribed to him.
- hermetically sealed — airtight
- herpes zoster virus — a type of herpesvirus that causes chickenpox and shingles.
- hester lynch piozzi — Hester Lynch (Hester Lynch Piozzi) 1741–1821, Welsh writer and friend of Samuel Johnson.
- high-pressure steam — High-pressure steam is steam which is at or above 75 pounds per square inch gauge pressure.
- highways department — the department of a state, council, etc, responsible for the upkeep of roads and highways
- historic episcopate — the derivation of the episcopate of a Church in historic succession from the apostles
- historiographically — In a historiographical manner; by means of a historiography.
- horsehair toadstool — a small basidiomycetous fungus, Marasmius androsaceus, having a rusty coloured cap and very slender black stems. It is related to the fairy ring mushroom, but is commonly found among conifers and heather
- house of correction — a place for the confinement and reform of persons convicted of minor offenses and not regarded as confirmed criminals.
- house of ill repute — a house of prostitution; whorehouse; brothel.
- human rights abuses — acts that contravene human rights
- human rights record — the facts that are known about the tendency of a country, regime, etc, to observe and protect human rights
- huntington's chorea — a hereditary disease of the central nervous system characterized by brain deterioration and loss of control over voluntary movements, the symptoms usually appearing in the fourth decade of life.
- hydrostatic balance — a balance for finding the weight of an object submerged in water in order to determine the upthrust on it and thus determine its relative density
- hyper-nationalistic — a person devoted to nationalism.
- hyperbolic cosecant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of hyperbolic sine
- hypercholesteraemia — (medicine) An abnormally high level of cholesterol in the blood.
- hyperfine structure — the splitting of the lines of an atomic spectrum, produced by the angular momentum of the nucleus of the atom.
- hyperfocal distance — the distance, at a given f number, between a camera lens and the nearest point (hyperfocal point) having satisfactory definition when focused at infinity.
- hyperparathyroidism — overactivity of the parathyroid gland, characterized by softening of the bones, with consequent pain, tenderness, and a tendency to spontaneous fractures, and by muscular weakness and abdominal cramps.
- hypersuggestibility — subject to or easily influenced by suggestion.
- hypocholesterolemia — an abnormally low amount of cholesterol in the blood.
- hypocholesterolemic — (pathology) Of, pertaining to, or having hypocholesterolemia.
- hysterosalpingogram — An X-ray image taken during hysterosalpingography.
- immunocytochemistry — the detection of chemical components of cells by means of antibodies coupled to substances that can be made visible.
- in one's right mind — sane
- in the catbird seat — If you say that someone is in the catbird seat, you think that their situation is very good.
- in the driving seat — If you say that someone is in the driving seat, you mean that they are in control in a situation.
- in the person of sb — You can use in the person of when mentioning the name of someone you have just referred to in a more general or indirect way.
- in this/that regard — You can use in this regard or in that regard to refer back to something that you have just said.
- incomprehensibility — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- industrial-strength — unusually strong, potent, or the like: heavy-duty: an industrial-strength soap.
- inorganic chemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with inorganic compounds.
- instant photography — photography using an instant camera.
- interchangeableness — Quality of being interchangeable.
- intermediate school — a school for pupils in grades 4 through 6.
- inver grove heights — a town in SE Minnesota.
- iphigenia in tauris — a drama (413? b.c.) by Euripides.
- irish water spaniel — one of an Irish breed of large water spaniels having a thick, curly, liver-colored coat, a topknot of long, loose curls, and a thin, tapering tail covered with short hair.
- isenheim altarpiece — an altarpiece (1510?–15?) painted by Matthias Grünewald.
- islet of langerhans — any of several masses of endocrine cells in the pancreas that secrete insulin, somatostatin, and glucagon.
- it serves you right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
- jerusalem artichoke — Also called girasol. a sunflower, Helianthus tuberosus, having edible, tuberous, underground stems or rootstocks.
- job creation scheme — a governmental scheme to increase the number of jobs in an area, organization, etc
- joseph of arimathea — a wealthy disciple who provided a tomb for Jesus' body: Matt. 27:57-60
- keep one's shirt on — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- knights hospitalers — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- landscape architect — A landscape architect is the same as a landscape gardener.