14-letter words containing h, o, l, t, e
- heterologously — In a heterologous manner.
- heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
- heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
- heterosexually — In a heterosexual way.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- hit the bottle — a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
- hold the field — to maintain one's position in the face of opposition
- hold the phone — not hang up
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- hollerith code — a system for coding data into punched cards, in which each horizontal row is assigned a different value, and letters, numbers, or special characters are encoded as combinations of these values in a vertical column.
- holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
- holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
- holter monitor — a portable electrocardiograph worn by a patient over an extended period of time to assess the effects on heart function of activities of daily living.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- homomultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more identical polypeptide chains.
- horizontalness — The property of being horizontal.
- horn of plenty — cornucopia.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- horsetail tree — beefwood (def 1).
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hostile sexism — a theory that sexism toward women is multidimensional, one form (hostile sexism) reflecting negative views of women who challenge traditional gender roles, and the other form (benevolent sexism) reflecting positive views of women who conform to these roles.
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- hotel de ville — a city hall.
- household arts — activities such as sewing, cooking, etc, that are conducted in the running of a household
- hydrothermally — By hydrothermal means.
- hyper-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- hypercorrectly — In a hypercorrect manner.
- hyperemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hypersomnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
- hypertrophical — relating to hypertrophy
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- hypothetically — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
- immethodically — Unmethodically.
- in all honesty — You say in all honesty when you are saying something that might be disappointing or upsetting, and you want to soften its effect by emphasizing your sincerity.
- in lieu of sth — If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
- interparochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- into the black — into a profitable condition financially
- involute teeth — (in gears) teeth having a profile that is the involute of a circle.
- isle of thanet — an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)
- jelly doughnut — a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.
- john constable — John, 1776–1837, English painter.
- kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
- kenilworth ivy — a European climbing vine, Cymbalaria muralis, of the figwort family, having irregularly lobed leaves and small, lilac-blue flowers.