15-letter words containing l, o, a, d
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
- holding pattern — a traffic pattern for aircraft at a specified location (holding point) where they are ordered to remain until permitted to land or proceed.
- hole-and-corner — secretive; clandestine; furtive: The political situation was full of hole-and-corner intrigue.
- holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc
- holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
- holiday feeling — the positive feeling people experience while on holiday and during holiday periods such as the Christmas period
- holiday traffic — increased road traffic during holiday periods and public holidays
- holiday village — a park with villas where holidaymakers stay and which has a central area with a shop, entertainment, etc
- holyhead island — former name of Holy Island (def 2).
- homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
- hook and ladder — a fire engine, usually a tractor-trailer, fitted with long, extensible ladders and other equipment.
- hook of holland — a cape and the harbor it forms in the SW Netherlands.
- horned oak gall — a small, round tumor, formed around wasp eggs laid in the branches of a pin oak tree, that disrupts the flow of nutrients to the tree, with consequent defoliation and death.
- horse latitudes — the latitudes near 30°N or 30°S at sea, characterized by baffling winds, calms, and high barometric pressure
- hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hyaluronic acid — a mucopolysaccharide serving as a viscous medium in the tissues of the body and as a lubricant in joints.
- hydraulic motor — a motor that converts the kinetic or potential energy of a fluid into mechanical energy.
- hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- hydropathically — in a hydropathic manner; in a manner relating to hydropathy
- hydrostatically — In a hydrostatic manner.
- hydroxylapatite — Alternative spelling of hydroxyapatite.
- hyperlipoidemia — An abnormally high level of lipoids in the blood.
- hypochlorhydria — (pathology) The presence of an insufficient amount of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
- hypochondriacal — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- hypolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from C to C, with the final on F.
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
- immunomodulator — a substance that affects the functioning of the immune system
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- in a good light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
- in the old days — a long time ago
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- indian licorice — rosary pea.
- indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indomitableness — Quality of being indomitable.
- indoor baseball — softball played indoors.
- inflation rider — An inflation rider is a rider that can be added to a long-term care insurance plan that adjusts the benefits over time to allow for inflation.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- intake manifold — a collection of tubes through which the fuel-air mixture flows from the carburetor or fuel injector to the intake valves of the cylinders of an internal-combustion engine.
- integral domain — a commutative ring in which the cancellation law holds true.
- intercorrelated — to place in or bring into mutual or reciprocal relation; establish in orderly connection: to correlate expenses and income.
- interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
- intermodulation — the production in an electrical device of frequencies that are the sums or differences of frequencies of different inputs or of their harmonics.