15-letter words containing h, i, s, l, o, r
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- hysteresis loop — a closed curve showing the variation of the magnetic flux density of a ferromagnetic material with the external magnetic field producing it, when this field is changed through a complete cycle
- hysteresis loss — the loss of energy by conversion to heat in a system exhibiting hysteresis.
- in short supply — If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- interior salish — in Canada, a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
- interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
- irish wolfhound — one of an Irish breed of large, tall dogs having a rough, wiry coat ranging in color from white to brindle to black.
- isopropyl ether — a colorless, volatile, flammable, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O, used chiefly as a solvent for waxes, fats, and resins.
- isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- joseph pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- kailyard school — a school of writers describing homely life in Scotland, with much use of Scottish dialect: in vogue toward the close of the 19th century.
- kirchhoff's law — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- licensing hours — hours during which alcoholic drinks may be sold legally
- lithochromatics — the art or process of painting in oil on stone and taking impressions from the result
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- louisiana heron — tricolored heron.
- lzh compression — (algorithm) (After Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu, the inventors) A compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a sliding window and additional compression applied to the output of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding.
- make a horlicks — to make a mistake or a mess
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
- microhomologous — (genetics) Exhibiting microhomology.
- microphysically — in a microphysical manner
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- microsporophyll — a leaflike organ bearing microsporangia.
- military school — military academy.
- motoring school — an organization that provides driving lessons
- muslim brothers — an organization founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna (1906–49), calling for a return to rigid orthodoxy, the overthrow of secular governments, and a restoration of the theocratic state.
- natural history — the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.
- neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.
- neo-lutheranism — a movement begun in the 19th century in Germany and Scandinavia to revive the orthodox principles, beliefs, and practices of the Lutheran Church.
- nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
- nephrosclerosis — (pathology) arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries.
- neurophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- north australia — a former division of Australia; now part of the Northern Territory.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- northern lights — aurora borealis.
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
- orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
- organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
- peroxysulphuric — as in peroxysulphuric acid
- phlebosclerosis — sclerosis, or hardening, of the walls of veins.
- phloem necrosis — a disease of the American elm caused by a mycoplasmalike organism, characterized by yellowing and necrosis of the foliage and yellowish-brown discoloration of the phloem.
- phosphorylation — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation