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14-letter words containing h, y, l

  • friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
  • funnily enough — You use funnily enough to indicate that, although something is surprising, it is true or really happened.
  • furfuraldehyde — a colorless, oily liquid, C 5 H 4 O 2 , having an aromatic odor, obtained from bran, sugar, wood, corncobs, or the like, by distillation: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics and as a solvent in the refining of lubricating oils.
  • galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
  • galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
  • genethliacally — from a genethliac point of view
  • geographically — of or relating to geography.
  • geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
  • glutaraldehyde — a nonflammable liquid, C 5 H 8 O 2 , soluble in water and alcohol, toxic and an irritant, used for tanning leather and as a fixative for samples to be examined under the electron microscope.
  • glyceraldehyde — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 3 H 6 O 3 , that is an intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism and yields glycerol on reduction.
  • go all the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
  • h.g.j. moseleyHenry Gwyn Jeffreys [gwin] /gwɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1915, English physicist: pioneer in x-ray spectroscopy.
  • half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
  • hanging valley — a valley, the lower end of which opens high above a shore, usually caused by the rapid erosion of a cliff.
  • happy as larry — extremely happy
  • happy families — a card game in which the object is to collect the cards (which display images of people) until you have a complete family
  • happy slapping — the practice of attacking, esp slapping, an unsuspecting passer-by and filming it with a mobile camera phone, footage of which is then circulated for the amusement of others
  • happy-go-lucky — trusting cheerfully to luck; happily unworried or unconcerned.
  • haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
  • he-huckleberry — swamp andromeda.
  • health physics — the branch of physics concerned with the health and safety of people in medical, scientific, and industrial work, esp with protection from the biological effects of ionizing radiation
  • heartrendingly — In a heartrending manner.
  • heartwarmingly — In a heartwarming manner.
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • heliosciophyte — any plant that grows in the shade, but thrives more in the sun
  • hemipelvectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the pelvis, and the leg on that side.
  • henry the lion — ?1129–95, duke of Saxony (1142–81). His ambitions led to conflict with the Holy Roman Emperors, notably Frederick Barbarossa
  • hereditability — heritable.
  • heterologously — In a heterologous manner.
  • heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
  • heterosexually — In a heterosexual way.
  • hierarchically — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
  • hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
  • highly charged — electrical
  • highly trained — that has received a lot of academic or physical training
  • highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
  • himalayan tahr — any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
  • histologically — In an histological manner.
  • histopathology — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
  • histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
  • hobbledehoydom — the condition of being a hobbledehoy
  • hobbledehoyish — of or like a hobbledehoy
  • hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
  • holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
  • holiday season — period: November to January
  • holy communion — communion (def 1).
  • holy matrimony — marriage
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