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15-letter words containing h, o, l, e

  • floating charge — an unsecured charge on the assets of an enterprise that allows such assets to be used commercially until the enterprise ceases to operate or the creditor intervenes to demand collateral
  • flowerhorn fish — a brightly coloured cichlid fish with a large protuberance on the head
  • flowering shrub — any shrub that produces flowers
  • fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
  • fluorophosphate — a salt or ester of a fluorophosphoric acid.
  • fly honeysuckle — either of two honeysuckle shrubs, Lonicera canadensis, of eastern North America, or L. xylosteum, of Eurasia, having paired yellowish flowers tinged with red.
  • fly-on-the-wall — A fly-on-the-wall documentary is made by filming people as they do the things they normally do, rather than by interviewing them or asking them to talk directly to the camera.
  • food technology — a branch of technology that is involved in the production of food
  • for the love of — a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
  • forecastle head — the extreme fore part of a forecastle superstructure.
  • forehand volley — a type of forehand shot played in tennis
  • forward echelon — (in a military operation) the troops and officers in a combat zone or in a position to engage the enemy.
  • fourth republic — the republic established in France in 1945 and replaced by the Fifth Republic in 1958.
  • free throw lane — the rectangular area, 19 feet (5.7 meters) long and usually 12 or 16 feet (3.6 m or 4.8 meters) wide, extending from the end line behind each backboard to the foul line and along the sides of which players line up during a foul shot.
  • free throw line — foul line (def 2).
  • french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
  • french togoland — a former United Nations Trust Territory in W Africa, administered by France (1946–60), now the independent republic of Togo
  • frozen shoulder — joint stiffness at top of arm
  • fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
  • fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
  • gene technology — manipulation of DNA
  • general holiday — a public holiday
  • geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
  • geomorphologist — A geologist whose speciality is geomorphology.
  • george marshall — Alfred, 1842–1924, English economist.
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • get a handle on — that which may be held, seized, grasped, or taken advantage of in effecting a purpose: The clue was a handle for solving the mystery.
  • get hold of sth — If you get hold of an object or information, you obtain it, usually after some difficulty.
  • get the feel of — If you get the feel of something, for example a place or a new activity, you become familiar with it.
  • ghetto fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
  • ghetto-fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
  • give the lie to — a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
  • globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
  • globe lightning — ball lightning.
  • gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
  • go through hell — If you go through hell, or if someone puts you through hell, you have a very difficult or unpleasant time.
  • go to the block — to be beheaded
  • go to the devil — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
  • gödel's theorem — either of two theorems published by the mathematician Kurt Gödel in 1931 that prove all mathematical systems are incomplete in that their truth or consistency can only be proved using a system of a higher order
  • golden pheasant — an Asiatic pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, having brilliant scarlet, orange, gold, green, and black plumage.
  • golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
  • good-fellowship — a pleasant, convivial spirit; comradeship; geniality.
  • graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
  • haemoflagellate — a flagellate protozoan, such as a trypanosome, that is parasitic in the blood
  • haemoglobinuria — the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • half wellington — a loose boot extending to just above the ankle and usually worn under the trousers.
  • half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
  • half-understood — partially understood
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