14-letter words containing l, h
- amanullah khan — 1892–1960, emir (1919–26) and king (1926–29) of Afghanistan; he obtained Afghan independence from Britain (1919)
- american cloth — a glazed or waterproofed cotton cloth
- american holly — See under holly (def 1).
- amphibological — (rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
- amphiprostylar — Amphiprostyle.
- amphiprostyles — Plural form of amphiprostyle.
- an early night — If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
- anachronically — something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
- anaglyphoscope — a pair of spectacles for viewing an anaglyph.
- anal character — Psychoanalysis. a group of personality traits including meticulousness, compulsiveness, and rigidity, believed to be associated with excessive preoccupation with the anal phase as a child, with effects lingering into adulthood.
- analogue watch — a watch in which the hours, minutes, and sometimes seconds are indicated by hands on a dial
- analyzed rhyme — the use of assonance and consonance in a complex pattern at the ends of alternate lines of a quatrain, as in head, mat, met, had.
- anchoritically — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
- ancient lights — the legal right to receive, by a particular window or windows, adequate and unobstructed daylight
- androcephalous — having a human head
- anesthesiology — the science of anesthesia and anesthetics
- anesthetically — In an anesthetic manner.
- angle of pitch — the acute angle between the longitudinal axis of an aircraft or spacecraft and the direction of the wind relative to the vehicle.
- anglican chant — a harmonized, strictly metrical chant to which canticles, psalms, and other liturgical texts are sung in the Anglican Church.
- anglo-catholic — The Anglo-Catholic part of the Church of England, or of the churches related to it, is the part whose beliefs and practices are similar to those of the Catholic Church.
- animal shelter — an establishment, especially one supported by charitable contributions, that provides a temporary home for dogs, cats, and other animals that are offered for adoption.
- anisic alcohol — a colorless liquid, the para form of C 8 H 10 O 2 , having a hawthornlike odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfume.
- anthologically — In the manner of an anthology.
- anthony dollar — a cupronickel coin of the U.S., equal to one dollar, bearing a portrait of Susan B. Anthony on its obverse: first issued in 1979.
- anthropologist — a person who specializes in anthropology
- anti bolshevik — a member of the more radical majority of the Social Democratic Party, 1903–17, advocating immediate and forceful seizure of power by the proletariat. (after 1918) a member of the Russian Communist Party.
- anti-alcoholic — opposition to excessive drinking of alcoholic beverages.
- anti-bolshevik — a person who is opposed to Bolshevism
- anti-diarrheal — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- antialcoholism — the doctrine of being opposed to alcoholic drink
- antidiarrhoeal — a drug used to prevent or treat diarrhoea
- antihemophilic — That counteracts bleeding in hemophiliacs.
- antihistorical — opposed to history or to methods which emphasize or require historical study
- antihomosexual — opposed to homosexual people and behaviour
- antilogarithms — Plural form of antilogarithm.
- antilymphocyte — (immunology, of an antibody) That acts against lymphocytes.
- antipathetical — Antipathetic, with antipathy, without caring.
- antiphlogistic — of or relating to the prevention or alleviation of inflammation
- antiphonically — in an antiphonal or antiphonic manner
- antiphrastical — the use of a word in a sense opposite to its proper meaning.
- antisyphilitic — acting against syphilis
- antitechnology — opposed to technology or the use of technological devices
- antithetically — in an antithetical way
- apheliotropism — a tendency of certain plants to turn away from the sun; negative heliotropism
- aphoristically — in an aphoristic manner
- apocryphalness — the quality of being apocryphal
- apothegmatical — Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
- apple polisher — a sycophant; toady
- apple-polisher — to curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner.
- apprehensively — uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.