15-letter words containing n, s, h, e, l
- ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- ethnopsychology — The scientific study of psychological concepts as they exist across different ethnic groups.
- ethylene series — the homologous series of unsaturated hydrocarbons that contain one double bond and have the general formula, CnH2n; alkene series
- exhaustlessness — the quality of being exhaustless
- extension light — a light on the end of a length of cable
- fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
- false buckthorn — a spiny shrub or small tree, Bumelia lanuginosa, of the sapodilla family, native to the southern U.S., having gummy, milky sap and white, bell-shaped flowers and yielding a hard, light-brown wood.
- fashionableness — The state of being fashionable; stylishness; elegance.
- fishing village — a village in which fishing is the main industry
- flemish brabant — a province of central Belgium, formed in 1995 from the N part of Brabant province: densely populated and intensively farmed, with large industrial centres. Pop: 1 031 904 (2004 est). Area: 2106 sq km (813 sq miles)
- flesh and blood — offspring or relatives: one's own flesh and blood.
- flight sergeant — a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Air Force junior in rank to a master aircrew
- flowerhorn fish — a brightly coloured cichlid fish with a large protuberance on the head
- flowering shrub — any shrub that produces flowers
- fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
- fly honeysuckle — either of two honeysuckle shrubs, Lonicera canadensis, of eastern North America, or L. xylosteum, of Eurasia, having paired yellowish flowers tinged with red.
- frozen shoulder — joint stiffness at top of arm
- fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
- geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
- glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
- gleichschaltung — the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state
- golden pheasant — an Asiatic pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, having brilliant scarlet, orange, gold, green, and black plumage.
- golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- half-understood — partially understood
- halfheartedness — The characteristic of being half-hearted.
- hamersley range — a mountain range in N Western Australia: iron-ore deposits. Highest peak: 1236 m (4056 ft)
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- harlequin snake — the E American coral snake (Micrurus fulvius)
- haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
- health benefits — positive effects on health
- health minister — a government minister who is responsible for health
- heliacal rising — rising of a celestial object at approximately the same time as the rising of the sun
- help oneself to — to serve or provide oneself with (food, etc.)
- hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
- hendecasyllable — a word or line of verse of 11 syllables.
- heterogeneously — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- hexylresorcinol — white or yellowish-white, needle-shaped crystals, C 12 H 18 O 2 , used chiefly as an antiseptic and for the expulsion of intestinal worms.
- hiberno-english — Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.
- high resolution — a great amount of detail visible in a photographic, TV, or video image
- high-angle shot — a shot taken from a camera positioned above the action
- high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
- hold one's hand — to stop or postpone a planned action or punishment
- hold one's nose — the part of the face or facial region in humans and certain animals that contains the nostrils and the organs of smell and functions as the usual passageway for air in respiration: in humans it is a prominence in the center of the face formed of bone and cartilage, serving also to modify or modulate the voice.
- holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
- holyhead island — former name of Holy Island (def 2).
- hopeful monster — a hypothetical individual organism that, by means of a fortuitous macromutation permitting an adaptive shift to a new mode of life, becomes the founder of a new type of organism and a vehicle of macroevolution.
- hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- hostile witness — a witness who gives evidence against the party calling him
- household linen — items made of cloth, such as tablecloths, sheets, and pillowcases, that are used in the home