15-letter words containing i, h, r
- (at) first hand — from the original source; directly
- a shingle short — unintelligent or mentally subnormal
- a straight face — If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh.
- abraham lincoln — Abbey (Anna Marie Gaby Wooldridge; Aminata Moseka) born 1930, U.S. jazz singer, activist, and actress.
- acetyl chloride — a colourless pungent liquid used as an acetylating agent. Formula: CH3COCl
- achilles reflex — ankle jerk.
- achromatic lens — a system of two or more lenses that is substantially free from chromatic aberration and in which the lenses are made of different substances so that the focal length of the system is the same for two or three wavelengths of light.
- achromatophilia — the property of having little or no affinity for stains.
- acroanaesthesia — (pathology) Loss of sensation in the extremities.
- actinochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with actinism; photochemistry.
- active hydrogen — hydrogen in the form of single atoms, rather than molecules, which makes it extremely reactive.
- adhesive factor — the ratio of the force that can be exerted on driving wheels with full traction to the weight on the driving wheels, usually expressed as a percentage.
- adiabatic chart — a graph for the analysis of adiabatic processes.
- admiralty cloth — melton cloth, used for coats and jackets, especially for the naval service.
- admiralty house — the official residence of the Governor General of Australia, in Sydney
- adrenaline rush — a feeling of excitement, stimulation and enhanced physical ability produced when the body secretes large amounts of adrenaline in response to a sudden perceived or induced stress situation
- advanced higher — the highest level of qualification offered within the school system, replacing the former Certificate of Sixth Year Studies
- after a fashion — If you say that something was done after a fashion, you mean that it was done, but not very well.
- ah, wilderness! — a comedy (1933) by Eugene O'Neill.
- aircraft hangar — a large workshop or building for storing and maintaining aircraft
- al iskandariyah — Alexandria , Egypt
- al-iskandariyah — Arabic name of Alexandria.
- alfred e. smith — Adam, 1723–90, Scottish economist.
- algorithmically — Using an algorithm.
- alignment chart — nomogram.
- all-wheel drive — a system used in motor vehicles in which all four (or more) wheels are permanently connected to the source of power, in such a way that each wheel is able to rotate at a different speed
- alligator shear — heavy shears for cutting metal slabs.
- allotriomorphic — (of minerals) not having their own regular shape (as determined by their internal structure) but being shaped instead by adjacent minerals
- almighty dollar — money regarded as a major goal in life or as the basis of power: Love of the almighty dollar has ruined many people.
- alpha geminorum — Castor
- alpha privative — (in Greek grammar) the letter alpha (or an- before vowels) used as a negative or privative prefix. It appears in English words derived from Greek, as in atheist, anaesthetic
- alpha radiation — alpha particles emitted from a radioactive isotope
- amaranth family — the plant family Amaranthaceae, typified by herbaceous, often weedy plants having alternate or opposite leaves and small, chaffy flowers without petals in brightly colored dense clusters, including the cockscomb, pigweed, and amaranth.
- ambassadorships — Plural form of ambassadorship.
- ambrosian chant — the liturgical chant, established by Saint Ambrose, characterized by ornamented, often antiphonal, singing.
- american blight — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)
- american cheese — a type of smooth hard white or yellow cheese similar to a mild Cheddar
- american gothic — a painting (1930) by Grant Wood.
- american smooth — a style of competitive ballroom dancing which incorporates elements of Latin dance
- amery ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the SW Indian Ocean, bordered by Enderby Land on the N and American Highland on the W.
- amphiarthrodial — a joint permitting only slight motion, as that between the vertebrae.
- amphitheatrical — Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
- anamorphic lens — a component in the optical system of a film projector for converting standard 35mm film images into wide-screen format
- anchorage point — a point to which something such as the straps securing a childseat can be safely attached
- ancient history — Ancient history is the history of ancient civilizations, especially Greece and Rome.
- andrographolide — (organic compound) A bitter labdane diterpenoid that is the main bioactive component of the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata, effective against certain cancers.
- anglican church — any Church of the Anglican Communion or the Anglican Communion itself
- animal behavior — behavior (def 2).
- animal charcoal — carbon obtained from the carbonization of organic tissue of animals.
- antarctic beech — any tree of the genus Nothofagus, related to the beech and native to temperate Australasia and South America, esp Nothofagus cunninghamii of SE Australia or Nothofagus moorei of NE Australia
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