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14-letter words containing h, o, t, d, r, a

  • hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
  • hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
  • household arts — activities such as sewing, cooking, etc, that are conducted in the running of a household
  • hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
  • hydroextractor — a device that dries things by means of the material to be dried being spun around the device's central axis
  • hydrolytically — By means of hydrolysis.
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hydropathicity — (chemistry) The relative hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity of a compound, especially of an amino acid residue in a protein.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hydrothermally — By hydrothermal means.
  • hydroxyapatite — a mineral, Ca 10 (PO 4) 6 OH 2 , that is the principal storage form of calcium and phosphorus in bone.
  • john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
  • labyrinthodont — any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth.
  • maitre d'hotel — a headwaiter.
  • method actress — an actress who bases her role on the inner motivation of the character she plays, following the theories of Stanislavsky
  • mixed metaphor — the use in the same expression of two or more metaphors that are incongruous or illogical when combined, as in “The president will put the ship of state on its feet.”.
  • molded breadth — the extreme breadth of the framing of a vessel, excluding the thickness of the plating or planking.
  • mother hubbard — a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women.
  • myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
  • neanderthaloid — resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.
  • north branford — a town in S Connecticut.
  • north canadian — river flowing from NE N.Mex. east & southeast into the Canadian River in E Okla.: 760 mi (1,223 km)
  • north cascades — a national park in NW Washington: site of glaciers and mountain lakes. 789 sq. mi. (2043 sq. km).
  • northeastwards — northeastward.
  • northern dvina — Also called Western Dvina. Latvian Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1030) long.
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • northwestwards — northwestward.
  • notched collar — a collar forming a notch with the lapels of a garment at the seam where collar and lapels join.
  • on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
  • open deathtrap — (abuse)   An abusive hackerism for the Santa Cruz Operation's Open DeskTop. The funniest part is that this was coined by SCO's own developers. Compare AIDX, Macintrash Nominal Semidestructor, ScumOS, sun-stools, HP-SUX.
  • osteochondroma — (medicine) A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage.
  • overhead light — a light which throws light downwards by being situated on the ceiling or having a downward shade, etc
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
  • philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
  • pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
  • radioautograph — autoradiograph.
  • radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
  • radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • radiotherapist — radiologist
  • ride at anchor — to be anchored
  • right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
  • rob the cradle — a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
  • sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
  • saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
  • schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
  • scorched earth — military policy: destroying enemy crops
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
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