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15-letter words containing l, h, a, s

  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • 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.
  • metaphase plate — a plane in the equatorial region of the spindle in dividing cells, along which the chromosomes become arranged during the metaphase.
  • metatarsal arch — the short lateral arch of the foot formed by the heads of the metatarsal bones.
  • michaelmas term — the autumn term at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
  • microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
  • microphysically — in a microphysical manner
  • military school — military academy.
  • monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
  • most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
  • multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
  • multnomah falls — a waterfall on Multnomah Creek in NW Oregon, E of Portland. 611 feet (186 meters) high.
  • naismith's rule — a rule of thumb for calculating the time needed for a climbing expedition, allowing 1 hour for every 3 miles of distance plus 1 hour for every 2000 feet of height
  • natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
  • national school — (in Ireland) a state primary school
  • natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
  • natural history — the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.
  • natural varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
  • nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
  • neo-hegelianism — Hegelianism as modified by various philosophers of the latter half of the 19th century.
  • neo-lutheranism — a movement begun in the 19th century in Germany and Scandinavia to revive the orthodox principles, beliefs, and practices of the Lutheran Church.
  • nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
  • new south wales — a state in SE Australia. 309,433 sq. mi. (801,430 sq. km). Capital: Sydney.
  • nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
  • nicholas, saint — Saint ("Nicholas the Great") died a.d. 867, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 858–867.
  • no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • nominal aphasia — aphasia in which the primary symptom is an inability to recall or recognize the names of objects
  • non-chromosomal — any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size and X and Y for the female and male sex chromosomes respectively.
  • non-exhaustible — to drain of strength or energy, wear out, or fatigue greatly, as a person: I have exhausted myself working.
  • non-shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
  • nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
  • north australia — a former division of Australia; now part of the Northern Territory.
  • north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
  • north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
  • northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
  • northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
  • nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
  • old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
  • old-established — established for a long time
  • old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
  • oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
  • oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
  • one's last hour — the time of one's death
  • ophthalmologist — a doctor of medicine specializing in ophthalmology.
  • ophthalmoscopes — Plural form of ophthalmoscope.
  • ophthalmoscopic — Of, pertaining to or using an ophthalmoscope.
  • orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
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