14-letter words containing r, h, o, e, a
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- 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.
- gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
- grade-schooler — a pupil in a grade school.
- graeffe method — a method, involving the squaring of roots, for approximating the solutions to algebraic equations.
- graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
- great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
- greenhouse gas — any of the gases whose absorption of solar radiation is responsible for the greenhouse effect, including carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, and the fluorocarbons.
- greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
- grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
- haemocytometer — an apparatus for counting the number of cells in a quantity of blood, typically consisting of a graduated pipette for drawing and diluting the blood and a ruled glass slide on which the cells are counted under a microscope
- hair extension — attached length of hair
- haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
- half seas over — of, relating to, or adapted for use at sea.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
- half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
- half-seas over — drunk; intoxicated; inebriated.
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- hammer thrower — a contestant in a hammer throw
- 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.
- hand over hand — grasping with alternate hands
- harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
- hard-core porn — Hard-core porn is pornography that shows sex in a very detailed way, or shows very violent or unpleasant sex.
- hardware cloth — galvanized steel wire screen with a mesh usually between 0.25 and 0.5 inches (0.64 and 1.27 cm), used for coarse sieves, animal cages, and the like.
- hardware store — shop selling DIY or home-improvement supplies
- harewood house — a mansion near Harrogate in Yorkshire: built 1759–71 by John Carr for the Lascelles family; interior decoration by Robert Adam
- harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
- harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
- have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- have the floor — have a turn to speak publicly
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- heads or tails — a gambling game in which a coin is tossed, the winner being the player who guesses which side of the coin will face up when it lands or is caught.
- headstrongness — The property of being headstrong, stubbornness.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- health officer — an official who administers laws pertaining to health, especially sanitation.
- health problem — ailment or disorder
- health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- health visitor — In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
- heart and soul — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- heart of stone — lack of compassion
- heart to heart — frank; sincere: We had a heart-to-heart talk about his poor attendance.
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- heart-to-heart — frank; sincere: We had a heart-to-heart talk about his poor attendance.
- heat conductor — a material or device that conducts heat
- heat reservoir — a hypothetical body of infinitely large mass capable of absorbing or rejecting unlimited quantities of heat without undergoing appreciable changes in temperature, pressure, or density.