14-letter words containing r, h, o, d
- duty-free shop — airport: untaxed goods store
- echocardiogram — a graphic record produced by an echocardiograph.
- edriophthalmic — edriophthalmous
- electroshocked — Simple past tense and past participle of electroshock.
- eleventh chord — a chord much used in jazz, consisting of a major or minor triad upon which are superimposed the seventh, ninth, and eleventh above the root
- endocrinopathy — any disease due to disorder of the endocrine system
- endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
- ethyl chloride — a colorless liquid, C2H5Cl, prepared by heating ethyl alcohol with hydrogen chloride in the presence of zinc chloride: used in preparing tetraethyl lead and ethyl cellulose, and as a local anesthetic
- exchequer bond — a type of short-term government bond
- exhereditation — A disinheriting; disherison.
- extractor hood — a fan used over a cooker to remove fumes
- fashion editor — an editor in charge of the fashion content of a newspaper or magazine
- fashion parade — a parade of models displaying clothes to prospective buyers
- field mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- field of honor — the scene of a battle or duel.
- fighting words — Usually, fighting words. language that arouses rage in an antagonist.
- fireproof dish — a dish that can withstand heat
- firth of clyde — an inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland. Length: 103 km (64 miles)
- firth-of-clyde — a river in S Scotland, flowing NW into the Firth of Clyde. 106 miles (170 km) long.
- fishing ground — a part of a body of water where the fishing is usually good.
- flesh-coloured — Something that is flesh-coloured is yellowish pink in colour.
- food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
- for the record — officially, openly
- forehand drive — (in racket sports) a type of shot made on the forehand side
- forehandedness — Quality of being forehanded.
- formal methods — (mathematics, specification) Mathematically based techniques for the specification, development and verification of software and hardware systems.
- four-eyed fish — a small, surface-swimming fish, Anableps anableps, inhabiting shallow, muddy streams of Mexico and Central America, having each eye divided, with the upper half adapted for seeing in air and the lower half for seeing in water.
- french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
- french paradox — the theory that the lower incidence of heart disease in Mediterranean countries compared to that in the US is a consequence of the larger intake of flavonoids from red wine in these countries
- french windows — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
- fringed orchis — any of several American orchids of the genus Habenaria, having a cut, fringed lip.
- futtock shroud — any of several metal rods secured at their lower ends to a futtock band and at their upper ends to a futtock plate, connecting the lower mast to the topmast rigging.
- garda síochána — the police force of the Republic of Ireland
- geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
- geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
- get rid of sth — When you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it.
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
- go pear-shaped — If a situation goes pear-shaped, bad things start happening.
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- grade-schooler — a pupil in a grade school.
- graeffe method — a method, involving the squaring of roots, for approximating the solutions to algebraic equations.
- greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
- ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
- grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
- guard of honor — a guard specially designated for welcoming or escorting distinguished guests or for accompanying a casket in a military funeral.
- gynandromorphs — Plural form of gynandromorph.
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.