15-letter words containing h, o, u, r, e
- hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- hydroxybutyrate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hyperinvolution — a decrease in the size of an organ following enlargement, usually used to describe the shrinking of the uterus after childbirth
- hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
- ichthyodorulite — a spiny plate located on the tail and back of some fish or similar vertebrates
- immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- in the long run — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- inch of mercury — a unit of atmospheric pressure, being the pressure equal to that exerted by a column of mercury one inch high under standard conditions of temperature and gravity: 33.864 millibars. Abbreviation: in. Hg.
- into the ground — beyond what is requisite or can be endured; to exhaustion
- jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
- john ousterhout — (person) /oh'st*r-howt/ John K. Ousterhout, the designer of Tcl and Tk, and founder of Scriptics. See also: Ousterhout's dichotomy. E-mail: [email protected]
- joseph jacquard — Joseph Marie [zhoh-zef ma-ree] /ʒoʊˈzɛf ma ri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1834, French inventor.
- joseph pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- keyhole surgery — operation done by laparoscopy
- knebworth house — a Tudor mansion in Knebworth in Hertfordshire: home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton; decorated (1843) in the Gothic style
- labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
- largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- licensing hours — hours during which alcoholic drinks may be sold legally
- lose your heart — If you lose your heart to someone, you fall in love with them.
- louisiana heron — tricolored heron.
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- man of the hour — a man who is honored by a group.
- marathon runner — person who runs in a marathon race
- marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
- meadow mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
- microearthquake — an earthquake of very low intensity (magnitude of 2 or less on the Richter scale).
- moment of truth — the moment in a bullfight at which the matador is about to make the kill.
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- mother language — a language from which another language is descended; parent language.
- mother superior — the head of a Christian religious community for women.
- mourners' bench — a front row of seats at a revival meeting, for those who are to profess penitence
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- muslim brothers — an organization founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna (1906–49), calling for a return to rigid orthodoxy, the overthrow of secular governments, and a restoration of the theocratic state.
- neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.
- neo-lutheranism — a movement begun in the 19th century in Germany and Scandinavia to revive the orthodox principles, beliefs, and practices of the Lutheran Church.
- neurobehavioral — of or relating to an approach to studying behavior that stresses the importance of nerve and brain function.
- neurochemically — In a neurochemical manner or context.
- neuroepithelial — Of or relating to the neuroepithelium.
- neuroepithelium — Embryology. the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the nervous system.
- neurohypophyses — Plural form of neurohypophysis.
- neurohypophysis — See under pituitary gland.