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14-letter words containing r, h, i, n, o, l

  • clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
  • clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
  • coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
  • comprehendible — comprehensible
  • comprehensible — Something that is comprehensible can be understood.
  • comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • configuraholic — (jargon)   A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
  • controllership — an employee, often an officer, of a business firm who checks expenditures, finances, etc.; comptroller.
  • cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
  • cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
  • dechlorination — the removal of chlorine from a substance
  • dehydroretinol — (organic compound) A derivative of retinol having an extra double bond; vitamin A2.
  • desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
  • diachronically — in a diachronic fashion
  • dichloroethane — a colourless toxic liquid compound that is used chiefly as a solvent. Formula: C2H4Cl2
  • diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • driving school — vehicle operation lessons
  • drummond light — calcium light.
  • dual ownership — the state of owning something jointly with someone else
  • electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
  • eleutheromania — A great desire for or obsession with freedom.
  • enharmonically — (music) Adjectival form of enharmonic.
  • epitrachelions — Plural form of epitrachelion.
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
  • field of honor — the scene of a battle or duel.
  • flight control — the direction of airplane movements, especially takeoffs and landings, by messages from the ground.
  • flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
  • floating heart — any of certain aquatic plants belonging to the genus Nymphoides, of the gentian family, especially N. aquatica, having floating, more or less heart-shaped leaves and a cluster of small, white, five-petaled flowers.
  • geochronologic — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
  • graph coloring — graph colouring
  • haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
  • harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
  • haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • hendersonville — a city in S Tennessee.
  • henry the lion — ?1129–95, duke of Saxony (1142–81). His ambitions led to conflict with the Holy Roman Emperors, notably Frederick Barbarossa
  • historicalness — The quality of being historical.
  • histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
  • holter monitor — a portable electrocardiograph worn by a patient over an extended period of time to assess the effects on heart function of activities of daily living.
  • holy matrimony — marriage
  • honour killing — a murder committed by a male on a female relative considered to have brought dishonour to the family, usually through sexual activity forbidden by religion or tradition
  • horizontal bar — on a bar chart
  • horizontalness — The property of being horizontal.
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
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