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14-letter words containing l, a, t, r, o

  • great gray owl — a large, dish-faced, gray owl, Strix nebulosa, of northern North America and western Eurasia, having streaked and barred plumage.
  • greater london — Jack, 1876–1916, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
  • greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
  • groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
  • grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
  • gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
  • haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
  • half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
  • half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
  • half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
  • have the floor — have a turn to speak publicly
  • heads or tails — a gambling game in which a coin is tossed, the winner being the player who guesses which side of the coin will face up when it lands or is caught.
  • health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
  • health problem — ailment or disorder
  • health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
  • health visitor — In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
  • heart and soul — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
  • helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
  • helicopter pad — landing area
  • heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
  • hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
  • herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
  • heteroclitical — (obsolete) Anomalous, heteroclite.
  • heterolecithal — having an unequal distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
  • heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
  • heterosexually — In a heterosexual way.
  • highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
  • historicalness — The quality of being historical.
  • histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
  • hold to ransom — to keep (prisoners, property, etc) in confinement until payment for their release is made or received
  • holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
  • holy matrimony — marriage
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • homotransplant — allograft.
  • horizontal bar — on a bar chart
  • horizontalness — The property of being horizontal.
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • horsetail tree — beefwood (def 1).
  • hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
  • hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
  • hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
  • household arts — activities such as sewing, cooking, etc, that are conducted in the running of a household
  • humoristically — In a humoristic way.
  • hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
  • hydrolytically — By means of hydrolysis.
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