19-letter words containing h, o, i

free alongside ship — (of a shipment of goods) delivered to the dock without charge to the buyer, but excluding the cost of loading onto the vessel
freedom of the city — nominal citizenship in a city, conferred as an honor upon important visitors.
french north africa — the former French possessions of Algeria, French Morocco, and Tunisia
friend of the court — amicus curiae.
from rags to riches — a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
frontier technology — innovative or new technology
gel electrophoresis — a technique for separating protein molecules of varying sizes in a mixture by moving them through a block of gel, as of agarose or polyacrylamide, by means of an electric field, with smaller molecules moving faster and therefore farther than larger ones.
geothermal gradient — the increase in temperature with increasing depth within the earth.
get (or be) hip to — to become (or be) informed or knowledgeable about
giant silkworm moth — any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae.
give one's eyeteeth — Dentistry. a canine tooth of the upper jaw: so named from its position under the eye.
give your eye teeth — If you say that you would give your eye teeth for something, you mean that you want it very much and you would do anything to get it.
glottochronological — Of or pertaining to glottochronology.
go jump in the lake — a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
go on the offensive — If you go on the offensive, go over to the offensive, or take the offensive, you begin to take strong action against people who have been attacking you.
goes without saying — If something goes without saying, it is obvious.
grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
graphic workstation — (graphics, computer) A workstation specifically configured for graphics works such as image manipulation, bitmap graphics ("paint"), and vector graphics ("draw") type applications. Such work requires a powerful CPU and a high resolution display. A graphic workstation is very similar to a CAD workstation and, given the typical specifications of personal computers currently available in 1999, the distinctions are very blurred and are more likely to depend on availability of specific software than any detailed hardware requirements.
great idaean mother — Cybele.
great wall of china — a system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top, constructed as a defense for China against the nomads of the regions that are now Mongolia and Manchuria: completed in the 3rd century b.c., but later repeatedly modified and rebuilt. 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
greenhouse whitefly — See under whitefly.
hamiltonian problem — (computability) (Or "Hamilton's problem") A problem in graph theory posed by William Hamilton: given a graph, is there a path through the graph which visits each vertex precisely once (a "Hamiltonian path")? Is there a Hamiltonian path which ends up where it started (a "Hamiltonian cycle" or "Hamiltonian tour")? Hamilton's problem is NP-complete. It has numerous applications, sometimes completely unexpected, in computing.
hang five (or ten) — to ride a surfboard with the toes of one (or both) feet draped over the front edge of the board
hang on the lips of — to listen to with close attention
hanging indentation — a style of text-setting in which the first line of a paragraph is set to the full measure and subsequent lines are indented at the left-hand side
harbinger-of-spring — a North American umbelliferous herb, Erigenia bulbosa, having white flowers that bloom early in the spring.
harmonic distortion — distortion caused by nonlinear characteristics of electronic apparatus, esp of audio amplifiers, that generate unwanted harmonics of the input frequencies
hatfield-mccoy feud — a blood feud between two mountain clans on the West Virginia–Kentucky border, the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky, that grew out of their being on opposite sides during the Civil War and was especially violent during 1880–90.
haute vulgarisation — vulgarization, or popularization, on a higher level, esp. as done by academics, scholars, etc.
have a bone to pick — to have grounds for a quarrel
have a good mind to — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
have a problem with — to be unable to understand or do
have an ax to grind — an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
have designs on sth — If someone has designs on something, they want it and are planning to get it, often in a dishonest way.
have half a mind to — to have the intention of
have one's way with — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
have the makings of — show potential as
health professional — a person trained to work in any field of physical or mental health.
heart in your mouth — If your heart is in your mouth, you feel very excited, worried, or frightened.
heat of sublimation — the heat absorbed by one gram or unit mass of a substance in the process of changing, at a constant temperature and pressure, from a solid to a gaseous state. Compare sublime (def 10).
heavy goods vehicle — a large road vehicle for carrying goods
heel-and-toe racing — race walking.
heine-borel theorem — the theorem that in a metric space every covering consisting of open sets that covers a closed and compact set has a finite collection of subsets that covers the given set.
helsinki conference — Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
henry david thoreau — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
henry the navigator — Prince, 1394–1460, prince of Portugal.
hepatic portal vein — a vein connecting two capillary networks in the liver
heptachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twenty-four isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing seven chlorine atoms.
hermitian conjugate — adjoint (def 2).
herpes zoster virus — a type of herpesvirus that causes chickenpox and shingles.

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