18-letter words containing r, e, d, s, h
- materials handling — the loading, unloading, and movement of goods, as within a factory or warehouse, especially by the aid of mechanical devices.
- mercurous chloride — calomel.
- methylated spirits — ethyl alcohol denatured with methyl alcohol for the purpose of preventing its use as an alcoholic beverage.
- methylprednisolone — A synthetic glucocorticoid drug, with chemical formula C22H30O5.
- middleburg heights — a town in N Ohio.
- monophosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with a single unit of phosphoric acid.
- movers and shakers — a person or thing that moves.
- mucopolysaccharide — (formerly) glycosaminoglycan.
- netherlands guiana — a former name of Suriname.
- neuropsychodynamic — Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
- north bedfordshire — a city in Bedfordshire, in central England.
- northeast corridor — the long, narrow strip of land between Boston, New York City, and Washington, D.C., containing many adjacent urban areas.
- on the credit side — You say on the credit side in order to introduce one or more good things about a situation or person, usually when you have already mentioned the bad things about them.
- on the danger list — critically ill in hospital
- one's heart bleeds — used to express sympathetic grief, but often used ironically
- orthopedic surgery — corrective operation on bones or joints
- palm beach gardens — a city in SE Florida, near North Palm Beach.
- pass the hat round — to collect money, as for a cause
- permanent hardness — hardness of water that cannot be removed by boiling as it results mainly from the presence of calcium and magnesium chlorides and sulphates
- phosphatidylserine — any of a class of phospholipids occurring in biological membranes and fats
- positively charged — having a positive charge
- potassium chloride — a white or colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers and mineral water, and as a source of other potassium compounds.
- price on sb's head — If there is a price on someone 's head, an amount of money has been offered for the capture or killing of that person.
- process scheduling — multitasking
- prometheus unbound — a drama in verse (1820) by Shelley.
- pseudo-anarchistic — a person who advocates or believes in anarchy or anarchism.
- put heads together — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- pyramus and thisbe — (in Greek legend) two lovers of Babylon: Pyramus, wrongly supposing Thisbe to be dead, killed himself and she, encountering him in his death throes, did the same
- rear its ugly head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- red-light district — an area or district in a city in which many houses of prostitution are located.
- registered charity — official aid organization
- repayment schedule — a document detailing the specific terms of a borrower's loan, such as monthly payment, interest rate, due dates etc
- residential school — (in Canada) a boarding school maintained by the Canadian government for Indian and Inuit children from sparsely populated settlements
- rheims-douay bible — Douay Bible.
- rhode island white — one of a dual-purpose American breed of chickens having white feathers and a rose comb.
- rhodes scholarship — one of a number of scholarships at Oxford University, established by the will of Cecil Rhodes, for selected students (Rhodes scholars) from the British Commonwealth and the United States.
- ride a hobby horse — an activity or interest pursued for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation: Her hobbies include stamp-collecting and woodcarving.
- rooted to the spot — If you are rooted to the spot, you are unable to move because you are very frightened or shocked.
- rub shoulders with — to mix with socially or associate with
- saint john's bread — carob (def 2).
- schofield barracks — a town on central Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- scholarship holder — a person who, because of academic merit, receives financial aid for their studies
- scottish deerhound — one of a Scottish breed of large, tall hunting dogs having a medium-length, wiry, gray or reddish-fawn coat, originally developed for hunting and bringing down deer, and known as the royal dog of Scotland.
- scratch one's head — If you say that someone is scratching their head, you mean that they are thinking hard and trying to solve a problem or puzzle.
- search-and-destroy — designed to find and destroy by bombing etc
- second-hand dealer — a person who deals in second-hand things, such as cars, or furniture
- secondary syphilis — the second stage of syphilis, characterized by eruptions of the skin and mucous membrane.
- self-comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- september holidays — a period of time in September when people do not have to go to school, college or work
- sharp-shinned hawk — a North American hawk, Accipiter striatus, having extremely slender legs, a bluish-gray back, and a white, rusty-barred breast.