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15-letter words containing o, t, l, i, h

  • balanoposthitis — An inflammation of the glans penis and the prepuce.
  • be lost without — If you say that you would be lost without someone or something, you mean that you would be unhappy or unable to work properly without them.
  • bello horizonte — a city in SE Brazil.
  • billings method — a natural method of birth control that involves examining the colour and viscosity of the cervical mucus to discover when ovulation is occurring
  • biomathematical — relating to biomathematics
  • biopsychologist — a field of psychology that deals with the effects of biological factors on behavior.
  • biting housefly — a two-winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest.
  • blotch printing — a fabric-printing method in which the ground color is transferred from the cylinder and the motif retains the original hue of the cloth.
  • boating holiday — a holiday spent sailing or travelling in a canal boat, cruiser, etc
  • boil-in-the-bag — (of food) able to be boiled in a sealed bag until ready to eat
  • bristol channel — an inlet of the Atlantic, between S Wales and SW England, merging into the Severn estuary. Length: about 137 km (85 miles)
  • bristol fashion — clean and neat, with newly painted and scrubbed surfaces, brass polished, etc
  • british council — an organization founded (1934) to extend the influence of British culture and education throughout the world
  • british telecom — the popular name for British Telecommunications Group plc, the dominant fixed line telecommunications and broadband internet provider in the United Kingdom
  • bronchial tubes — the bronchi or their smaller divisions
  • brown-tail moth — a white moth, Nygmia phaerrhoea, having a brown tuft at the end of the abdomen, the larvae of which feed on the foliage of various shade and fruit trees.
  • calydonian hunt — the pursuit by Meleager, Atalanta, and others of a savage boar (Calydonian boar) sent by Artemis to lay waste to Calydon.
  • camphorated oil — a liniment consisting of camphor and peanut oil, used as a counterirritant
  • cathedral choir — the choir, traditionally consisting of boys and men, that sings in cathedral services
  • catholic church — any of several Churches claiming to have maintained continuity with the ancient and undivided Church
  • catholic school — a school that includes instruction in Roman Catholic faith in its curriculum, with teachers who are often nuns or monks
  • caustic alcohol — sodium ethylate.
  • cephalothoracic — the anterior part of the body in certain arachnids and crustaceans, consisting of the coalesced head and thorax.
  • chamois leather — soft cleaning cloth
  • charlottesville — city in central Va.: pop. 45,000
  • chartophylacium — (in a medieval church) a place for the keeping of records and documents.
  • chemical toilet — a toilet in which waste is treated with chemicals
  • chemolithotroph — Chemoautotroph.
  • chemosterilants — Plural form of chemosterilant.
  • chicken lobster — a young lobster weighing 1 pound (0.4 kg) or less.
  • chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
  • child abduction — the crime of removing a child from its rightful home
  • child endowment — a social security payment for dependent children
  • chiropterophily — Pollination by bats.
  • cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
  • cholecystokinin — a hormone secreted by duodenal cells that stimulates the contraction of the gall bladder and secretion of pancreatic enzymes
  • cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
  • chorioallantoic — relating to the chorioallantois
  • chorioallantois — the membrane of a fetus that is formed by the merging of the allantois and the chorion
  • christmas carol — a joyful hymn or religious song, celebrating the birth of Christ
  • chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
  • chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
  • chronobiologist — A person who is involved in chronobiology.
  • claustrophobics — Plural form of claustrophobic.
  • cocktail shaker — a container in which cocktails are mixed
  • communion cloth — corporal3 .
  • comptrollership — controller (def 1).
  • copyright block — a block of four or more U.S. stamps that includes, in the selvage of the sheet, the copyright mark of the U.S. Postal Service.
  • corticothalamic — Of or pertaining to the cortex and the thalamus.
  • counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
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