16-letter words containing h, u, r, l
- debenture holder — a person or organization holds a debenture
- diesel-hydraulic — a locomotive driven by a diesel engine through hydraulic transmission and torque converters
- disorderly house — a house of prostitution; brothel.
- draught excluder — a device (such as a strip of wood, or a long cylindrical cushion) placed at the bottom of a door to keep out draughts
- ducktail-haircut — DA.
- easter sepulcher — sepulcher (def 2).
- easter-sepulcher — a tomb, grave, or burial place.
- edinburgh prolog — Prolog dialect which eventually developed into the standard, as opposed to Marseille Prolog. (The difference is largely syntax.) Clocksin & Mellish describe Edinburgh Prolog. Version: C-Prolog.
- electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
- episcopal church — an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland and the US
- farquhar islands — an island group in the Indian Ocean: administratively part of the Seychelles
- feel the draught — to be short of money
- ferrous sulphate — an iron salt with a saline taste, usually obtained as greenish crystals of the heptahydrate, which are converted to the white monohydrate above 100°C: used in inks, tanning, water purification, and in the treatment of anaemia. Formula: FeSO4
- flamborough head — a chalk promontory in NE England, on the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire
- flashbulb memory — the clear recollections that a person may have of the circumstances associated with a dramatic event
- flight simulator — a device used in pilot and crew training that provides a cockpit environment and sensations of flight under actual conditions.
- follicular phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, from onset of menstruation to ovulation.
- fool around with — have casual sex
- four-wheel drive — a drive system in which engine power is transmitted to all four wheels for improved traction.
- franchise clause — a clause stipulating that the insured will be responsible for any loss not in excess of a stated amount, and the insurance company will be liable for full payment of the loss equaling or exceeding the amount up to the insured amount.
- frankfurt school — a school of thought, founded at the University of Frankfurt in 1923 by Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse and others, derived from Marxist, Freudian, and Hegelian theory
- fraunhofer lines — a set of dark lines appearing in the continuous emission spectrum of the sun. It is caused by the absorption of light of certain wavelengths coming from the hotter region of the sun by elements in the cooler outer atmosphere
- freshly squeezed — You can describe juice that has been recently pressed out of fruit as freshly squeezed.
- full to the brim — If something, especially a container, is filled to the brim or full to the brim with something, it is filled right up to the top.
- furniture polish — product: shines wood
- garlic mushrooms — mushrooms, often pan-fried, cooked with garlic
- girls' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of women
- glory-of-the-sun — a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
- golden parachute — an employment contract or agreement guaranteeing a key executive of a company substantial severance pay and other financial benefits in the event of job loss caused by the company's being sold or merged.
- graphic language — For specifying graphic operations.
- great blue heron — a large American heron, Ardea herodias, having bluish-gray plumage.
- grenade launcher — a device attached to the muzzle of a rifle, permitting the firing of rifle grenades.
- gulf of honduras — an inlet of the Caribbean, on the coasts of Honduras, Guatemala, and Belize
- hamiltonian tour — Hamiltonian problem
- hawksbill turtle — a sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, the shell of which is the source of tortoise shell: an endangered species.
- health authority — a government agency that is responsible for NHS care in a particular area
- health insurance — insurance that compensates the insured for expenses or loss incurred for medical reasons, as through illness or hospitalization.
- heliotherapeutic — Pertaining to heliotherapy.
- hematocrit-value — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- heterometabolous — undergoing development in which the young are born adultlike in form, often maturing without a pupal stage.
- heteromultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more different polypeptide chains.
- holier-than-thou — obnoxiously pious; sanctimonious; self-righteous.
- homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
- horizontal union — a labor union organized by skills or trades of its members rather than by industries.
- horsehead nebula — a dark nebula in the constellation Orion, composed of opaque cosmic dust and resembling the head of a horse.
- horticulturalist — Misspelling of horticulturist.
- hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
- household chores — tasks such as cleaning, washing, and ironing that have to be done regularly at home
- household troops — the infantry and cavalry regiments that carry out escort and guard duties for a head of state
- huckleberry finn — (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) a novel (1884) by Mark Twain.