17-letter words containing i, n, h, a

french provincial — noting, pertaining to, or resembling a style of furnishings and decoration originating in the provinces of France in the 18th century, derived from but less ornate than styles then current in Paris and featuring simply carved wood furniture, often with decorative curved moldings.
french somaliland — a former name of Djibouti (def 1).
functional change — a change in the grammatical function of a word, as in the use of the noun input as a verb or the noun fun as an adjective.
further education — adult education.
garden heliotrope — the common valerian, Valeriana officinalis, especially when cultivated as an ornamental.
general discharge — a discharge from military service of a person who has served honorably but who has not met all the conditions of an honorable discharge.
generalized other — an individual's internalized impression of societal norms and expectations.
genetic algorithm — (GA) An evolutionary algorithm which generates each individual from some encoded form known as a "chromosome" or "genome". Chromosomes are combined or mutated to breed new individuals. "Crossover", the kind of recombination of chromosomes found in sexual reproduction in nature, is often also used in GAs. Here, an offspring's chromosome is created by joining segments choosen alternately from each of two parents' chromosomes which are of fixed length. GAs are useful for multidimensional optimisation problems in which the chromosome can encode the values for the different variables being optimised.
george washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
get in on the act — If you get in on the act, you take part in or take advantage of something that was started by someone else.
get in one's hair — to annoy one
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 down the drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
go out of fashion — be dated
go without saying — something said, especially a proverb or apothegm.
grandstand finish — a close or exciting ending to a sports match or competition
great white heron — a large white heron, Ardea occidentalis, of Florida and the Florida Keys.
green peach aphid — an aphid, Myzus persicae, that is a pest of many fruit trees, ornamentals, and vegetables and a vector of certain viral plant diseases.
greenland halibut — a flatfish, Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, similar and related to the halibut
greenwich village — a section of New York City, in lower Manhattan: inhabited and frequented by artists, writers, and students.
grid merchandiser — A grid merchandiser is a lightweight, free-standing, flexible fixture made up of moveable grids of wire and used by retailers can display large volumes of merchandise in a small space.
guinea-hen flower — checkered lily.
haemagglutinating — That agglutinates red blood cells.
haemagglutination — Alternative form of hemagglutination.
haematocrystallin — Alternative form of hematocrystallin.
haemoglobinometer — an instrument used to determine the haemoglobin content of blood
haemoglobinopathy — (medicine) Any of a group of inherited disorders in which haemoglobin does not function properly.
hairline fracture — a very fine crack in a bone
haitian solenodon — a rare shrewlike nocturnal mammal of the Caribbean, Solenodon paradoxus, having a long hairless tail and an elongated snout: family Solenodontidae, order Insectivora (insectivores)
half-round chisel — a cold chisel with a semicircular cutting edge used for making narrow channels
hall of residence — Halls of residence are buildings with rooms or flats, usually built by universities or colleges, in which students live during the term.
hamiltonian cycle — Hamiltonian problem
hammer and sickle — the emblem of the Soviet Union, adopted in 1923 and consisting of an insignia of a hammer with its handle across the blade of a sickle and a star above.
handicap register — a list of the disabled people in its area that a local authority had a duty to compile under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
hanging committee — a group of people that selects and hangs works of art to exhibit
hanging indention — an indention of uniform length at the beginning of each line except the first, which is flush left and of full width.
harmonic analysis — the calculation of Fourier series and their generalization.
harmonic interval — an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
haroun-al-raschid — Harun al-Rashid.
have a bearing on — If something has a bearing on a situation or event, it is relevant to it.
have a reputation — to be known or notorious, esp for promiscuity, excessive drinking, or the like
have a roving eye — to show a widespread amorous interest in the opposite sex
have a thick skin — to be insensitive (or acutely sensitive) to blame, criticism, insults, etc.
have feelings for — to be emotionally or sexually attracted to
have it in for sb — If someone has it in for you, they dislike you and try to cause problems for you.
have on the brain — If someone has something on the brain, they keep thinking about it.
hawking radiation — the emission of particles by a black hole. Pairs of virtual particles in the intense gravitational field around a black hole may live long enough for one to move outward when the other is pulled into the black hole, making it appear that the black hole is emitting radiation
headline-grabbing — A headline-grabbing statement or activity is one that is intended to attract a lot of attention, especially from the media.
heartbreakingness — The state or quality of being heartbreaking.
heat of formation — the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a compound is formed from its constituent atoms

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