17-letter words containing h, u, n, g, r
- bighorn mountains — range of the Rocky Mountains in N Wyo. and S Mont.: highest peak, 13,165 ft (4,013 m)
- bring up the rear — to be at the back in a procession, race, etc
- bursting strength — the capacity of a thing or substance to resist change when under pressure.
- casting the runes — (jargon) What a guru does when you ask him or her to run a particular program because it never works for anyone else; especially used when nobody can ever see what the guru is doing different from what J. Random Luser does. Compare incantation, runes, examining the entrails; also see the AI koan about Tom Knight.
- christmas pudding — Christmas pudding is a special pudding that is eaten at Christmas.
- church of england — The Church of England is the main church in England. It has the Queen as its head and it does not recognize the authority of the Pope.
- circuit switching — (communications) Communication via a single dedicated path between the sender and receiver. The telephone system is an example of a circuit switched network. The term connection-oriented is used in packet-based networks in contrast to connectionless communication or packet switching.
- consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers
- contour ploughing — ploughing following the contours of the land, to minimize the effects of erosion
- contradistinguish — to differentiate by means of contrasting or opposing qualities
- counterchallenges — Plural form of counterchallenge.
- cultural exchange — an exchange of students, artists, athletes, etc., between two countries to promote mutual understanding.
- daughter language — a language that has evolved from another specified language.
- debt rescheduling — the process of changing the time frame or deadline for the repayment of debt, usually to ease the burden on the debtor
- do your own thing — If you do your own thing, you live, act, or behave in the way you want to, without paying attention to convention or depending on other people.
- figure-eight knot — a kind of knot
- fire extinguisher — a portable container, usually filled with special chemicals for putting out a fire.
- fire-extinguisher — a portable container, usually filled with special chemicals for putting out a fire.
- flight instrument — any instrument used to indicate the altitude, attitude, airspeed, drift, or direction of an aircraft.
- fluorescent light — a fluorescent lamp in domestic or commercial use; a fluorescent strip
- freight insurance — insurance paid on goods in transport
- glastonbury chair — a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.
- go to the country — If a head of government or a government goes to the country, they hold a general election.
- grande chartreuse — the Carthusian monastery at Grenoble, France: the chief monastery of the Carthusians until 1903.
- greenhouse effect — an atmospheric heating phenomenon, caused by short-wave solar radiation being readily transmitted inward through the earth's atmosphere but longer-wavelength heat radiation less readily transmitted outward, owing to its absorption by atmospheric carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and other gases; thus, the rising level of carbon dioxide is viewed with concern.
- greenland halibut — a flatfish, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, similar and related to the halibut
- ground angle shot — a photograph or film shot in which the lens is near the ground, usually pointing up somewhat
- guinea-hen flower — checkered lily.
- heating apparatus — an apparatus that heats something
- henry of portugal — ("the Navigator") 1394–1460, prince of Portugal: sponsor of geographic explorations.
- heritage industry — an industry that manages the historical sites, buildings, and museums in a particular place, with the aim of encouraging tourism
- hold one's ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- housekeeping cart — A housekeeping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is used by a cleaner in a hotel to move clean bed linen, towels, and cleaning equipment.
- human engineering — an applied science that coordinates the design of devices, systems, and physical working conditions with the capacities and requirements of the worker.
- human trafficking — the illegal practice of procuring or trading in human beings for the purpose of prostitution, forced labor, or other forms of exploitation.
- hungarian goulash — goulash (def 1).
- hurricane warning — a storm warning given for winds with speeds exceeding 63 knots (72 mph, 32 m/sec) when the source of the winds is a tropical cyclone.
- huygens principle — the principle that all points on a wave front of light are sources of secondary waves and that surfaces tangential to these waves define the position of the wave front at any point in time.
- hydrogen fluoride — a colorless corrosive gas, HF, the anhydride of hydrofluoric acid, used chiefly as a catalyst and in the fluorination of hydrocarbons.
- hydrogen sulphide — Chemistry
- in the background — behind the focus of attention
- italian greyhound — one of an Italian breed of toy dogs resembling a greyhound.
- langmuir isotherm — A Langmuir isotherm is a classical relationship between the concentrations of a solid and a fluid, used to describe a state of no change in the sorption process.
- low-hanging fruit — the fruit that grows low on a tree and is therefore easy to reach
- man enough to/for — If you say that a man is man enough to do something, you mean that he has the necessary courage or ability to do it.
- methylidyne group — the trivalent group ≡CH.
- montagu's harrier — a brownish European bird of prey, Circus pygargus, with long narrow wings and a long tail: family Accipitridae (hawks, harriers, etc)
- natural logarithm — a logarithm having e as a base. Symbol: ln.
- neuropathological — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from neuropathology, the pathology of nerve tissue.
- neuropharmacology — the branch of pharmacology concerned with the effects of drugs on the nervous system.
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