18-letter words containing l, e, c

grammatical gender — gender based on arbitrary assignment, without regard to the referent of a noun, as in French le livre (masculine), “the book,” and German das Mädchen (neuter), “the girl.”.
grand council fire — a formal gathering of camp fire members requiring a minimum attendance of three troops.
grandfather clause — U.S. History. a clause in the constitutions of some Southern states after 1890 intended to permit whites to vote while disfranchising blacks: it exempted from new literacy and property qualifications for voting those men entitled to vote before 1867 and their lineal descendants.
granulated surface — a roughened surface
great-circle track — the route of a ship following the arc of a great circle, appearing as a curved line on a Mercator chart and as a straight line on a gnomonic chart.
gregorian calendar — the reformed Julian calendar now in use, according to which the ordinary year consists of 365 days, and a leap year of 366 days occurs in every year whose number is exactly divisible by 4 except centenary years whose numbers are not exactly divisible by 400, as 1700, 1800, and 1900.
guidance counselor — advisor in schools
gulf saint vincent — a shallow inlet of SE South Australia, to the east of the Yorke Peninsula: salt industry
handkerchief table — corner table.
handlebar mustache — A handlebar mustache is a long thick mustache with curled ends.
handyman's special — fixer-upper.
haulage contractor — a person or firm that transports goods by lorry
have a screw loose — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
health care worker — A health care worker is someone who works in a hospital or health centre.
heart-lung machine — a device through which blood is shunted temporarily for oxygenation during surgery, while the heart or a lung is being repaired.
hebdomadal council — the governing council or senate of Oxford University
hegelian dialectic — an interpretive method, originally used to relate specific entities or events to the absolute idea, in which some assertible proposition (thesis) is necessarily opposed by an equally assertible and apparently contradictory proposition (antithesis) the mutual contradiction being reconciled on a higher level of truth by a third proposition (synthesis)
heimlich manoeuvre — a technique in first aid to dislodge a foreign body in a person's windpipe by applying sudden upward pressure on the upper abdomen
helicopter gunship — military attack helicopter
helicopter station — a place where helicopters are kept in readiness for use
helmholtz function — the thermodynamic function of a system that is equal to its internal energy minus the product of its absolute temperature and entropy: A decrease in the function is equal to the maximum amount of work available during a reversible isothermal process.
hexachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of forty-two isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing six chlorine atoms.
high-sided vehicle — an official term for lorries, vans, trailers, etc with a height greater than that of motor cars
historical geology — the branch of geology dealing with the history of the earth.
historical present — the present tense used in narrating a past event as if happening at the time of narration.
homeowner's policy — a form of home insurance that provides compensation for damage, loss, or injury of property, personal belongings, or persons due to fire, theft, accidents, etc.
honeysuckle family — the plant family Caprifoliaceae, typified by shrubs and woody vines having opposite leaves, clusters of usually flaring, narrow, tubular flowers, and various types of fruit, and including the elder, honeysuckle, snowberry, twinflower, and viburnum.
horseless carriage — an automobile: The horse and buggy were eventually replaced by the horseless carriage.
hot-water cylinder — a vertical cylindrical tank for storing hot water, esp an insulated one made of copper used in a domestic hot-water system
hotel receptionist — a person who looks after guests when they first arrive at a hotel, checking them in, giving them their keys, etc
htmlcommentbox.com — (web) A service for adding a comment box to any web page, allowing visitors to leave comments and the site owner to review them.
hydrogen electrode — a standard reference electrode with a potential of zero, used in pH measurements, consisting of a platinum-black surface covered with hydrogen bubbles.
hydroxychloroquine — a colorless crystalline solid, C 18 H 26 ClN 3 O, used in the treatment of malaria, lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis.
hyper-intellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
hyper-metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
hypercholesteremia — Alternative spelling of hypercholesteraemia.
hypermodern school — a style of chess characterized by control of the centre from the flanks
hypernationalistic — a person devoted to nationalism.
hysterical reasons — (Or "hysterical raisins") A variant on the stock phrase "for historical reasons", indicating specifically that something must be done in some stupid way for backward compatibility, and moreover that the feature it must be compatible with was the result of a bad design in the first place. "All IBM PC video adaptors have to support MDA text mode for hysterical reasons." Compare bug-for-bug compatible.
ignition interlock — interlock (def 10).
immunofluorescence — any of various techniques for detecting an antigen or antibody in a sample by coupling its specifically interactive antibody or antigen to a fluorescent compound, mixing with the sample, and observing the reaction under an ultraviolet-light microscope.
imploded consonant — a consonant which is pronounced with or by implosion
in black and white — without colour
in complete flower — a flower without one or more of the normal parts, as carpels, sepals, petals, pistils, or stamens.
in compliance with — in accordance with
in terrorem clause — a clause in a will stating that a beneficiary who contests the will shall lose his or her legacy.
in the first place — firstly
incidental charges — Incidental charges are costs of items and services that are not part of the main bill.
incidental damages — law: incurred by contract breach
inclusive language — language that avoids the use of certain expressions or words that might be considered to exclude particular groups of people, esp gender-specific words, such as "man", "mankind", and masculine pronouns, the use of which might be considered to exclude women

Was this page helpful?

Yes No

Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page

Tell us why?