15-letter words containing i, n, h, o, l, e
- if nothing else — You can say 'if nothing else' to indicate that what you are mentioning is, in your opinion, the only good thing in a particular situation.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- in the light of — in view of, given
- in the long run — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- in the old days — a long time ago
- inhomogeneously — lack of homogeneity.
- inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- interior salish — in Canada, a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
- interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
- isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- javelin thrower — a person who throws a javelin
- john lewis list — a list used by clerks in the House of Commons to assess the amount that may reasonably be claimed for various items by Members of Parliament as living expenses
- joint-household — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- kinesthesiology — The medical and therapeutic study of the movement of muscles and joints.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- lake saint john — a lake in Canada, in S Quebec: drained by the Saguenay River. Area: 971 sq km (375 sq miles)
- lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
- lake-saint-john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- lay on the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- legion of honor — a French order of distinction instituted in 1802 by Napoleon with membership being granted for meritorious civil or military services.
- leonid brezhnev — Leonid Ilyich [ley-uh-nid il-yich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet ee-lyeech] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–82, Russian political leader: first secretary of the Soviet Communist Party 1964–66; general secretary 1966–82; president of the Soviet Union 1960–64, 1977–82.
- lethal mutation — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- licensing hours — hours during which alcoholic drinks may be sold legally
- lichenification — a leathery hardening of the skin, usually caused by chronic irritation.
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- lie of the land — the topography of the land
- lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- longsightedness — Farsight; farsightedness; far sight; long sight.
- loose chippings — pieces of gravel spread on the top of tarmac that fail to stick to it
- louisiana heron — tricolored heron.
- lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lzh compression — (algorithm) (After Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu, the inventors) A compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a sliding window and additional compression applied to the output of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding.
- mannheim school — a group of musicians of the mid-18th century in Mannheim, Germany, notable for developing a style of orchestral composition and performance directly antecedent to and influential on the classical style of Haydn and Mozart.
- mechanochemical — involving the conversion of chemical energy into mechanical energy
- mechlorethamine — a nitrogen mustard, C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, used in combination with other drugs in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other cancers.
- melancholically — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- mental hospital — psychiatric institution
- mephistophelean — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- mephistophelian — Medieval Demonology. one of the seven chief devils and the tempter of Faust.
- metanitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
- monomethylamine — methylamine.
- monthly meeting — (often initial capital letters) a district unit of local congregations of the Society of Friends.
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
- national anthem — official song of a country
- neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.