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15-letter words containing h, o, n, i, s

  • fashionableness — The state of being fashionable; stylishness; elegance.
  • fast-food chain — a chain of restaurants serving fast food
  • fifth columnist — A fifth columnist is someone who secretly supports and helps the enemies of the country or organization they are in.
  • fifth dimension — a theoretical dimension beyond or in addition to a fourth dimension.
  • finishing touch — a final additional or detail that completes and perfects something
  • fishing harbour — a place where fishing boats are tied up
  • flight shooting — competitive shooting for distance only.
  • flowerhorn fish — a brightly coloured cichlid fish with a large protuberance on the head
  • flowering shrub — any shrub that produces flowers
  • for their pains — You say that something was all you got for your pains when you are mentioning the disappointing result of situation into which you put a lot of work or effort.
  • foreshortenings — Plural form of foreshortening.
  • foresightedness — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
  • forthcomingness — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
  • fortysomethings — Plural form of fortysomething.
  • fourth position — a position in which the feet are at right angles to the direction of the body, the toes pointing out, with one foot forward and the other foot back.
  • franz joseph ii — 1906–1989, prince of Liechtenstein 1938–89.
  • fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
  • galloping-ghost — Harold ("Red"; "the Galloping Ghost") 1903–1991, U.S. football player.
  • garrison finish — the finish of a race, especially a horse race, in which the winner comes from behind to win at the last moment.
  • geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
  • geomorphogenist — one who studies, or is an expert in, geomorphogeny
  • georg simon ohm — Georg Simon [gey-awrk zee-mawn] /geɪˈɔrk ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1787–1854, German physicist.
  • gigantopithecus — a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived.
  • glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
  • go the distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
  • go with a swing — If you say that something is going with a swing, you mean that it is lively and exciting.
  • 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
  • growth industry — an industry that is experiencing rapid growth
  • hair extensions — synthetic or human hair attached to the hair on someone's head to give the appearance of longer hair
  • hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
  • harbour station — the part of a port where boats shelter or station
  • harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
  • have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
  • heat exhaustion — a condition characterized by faintness, rapid pulse, nausea, profuse sweating, cool skin, and collapse, caused by prolonged exposure to heat accompanied by loss of adequate fluid and salt from the body.
  • hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
  • hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
  • heroin overdose — an excessive amount of the drug heroin, sufficient to cause illness or death
  • heterogeneities — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
  • hexylresorcinol — white or yellowish-white, needle-shaped crystals, C 12 H 18 O 2 , used chiefly as an antiseptic and for the expulsion of intestinal worms.
  • hiberno-english — Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.
  • high commission — A High Commission is the office where a High Commissioner and his or her staff work, or the group of officials who work there.
  • high resolution — a great amount of detail visible in a photographic, TV, or video image
  • high-angle shot — a shot taken from a camera positioned above the action
  • high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
  • historicization — Act or process of historicizing.
  • hobson's choice — the choice of taking either that which is offered or nothing; the absence of a real alternative.
  • holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
  • holyhead island — former name of Holy Island (def 2).
  • homing instinct — an instinct that enables an animal to return home after travelling great distances
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