17-letter words containing r, h, o, e, a

elementary school — primary school
embroidery thread — a thread used for embroidery
ends of the earth — remote regions
ethinyloestradiol — Alternative form of ethinylestradiol.
ethnopharmacology — The scientific study correlating ethnic groups, their health, and how it relates to their physical habits and methodology in creating and using medicines.
exception handler — Special code which is called when an exception occurs during the execution of a program. If the programmer does not provide a handler for a given exception, a built-in system exception handler will usually be called resulting in abortion of the program run and some kind of error indication being returned to the user. Examples of exception handler mechanisms are Unix's signal calls and Lisp's catch and throw.
fall off the roof — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
fear and loathing — (Hunter S. Thompson) A state inspired by the prospect of dealing with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally brain-damaged but ubiquitous - Intel 8086s, COBOL, EBCDIC, or any IBM machine except the Rios (also known as the RS/6000).
fish out of water — any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
flog a dead horse — a large, solid-hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties, and used for carrying or pulling loads, for riding, and for racing.
flower-of-an-hour — a malvaceous Old World herbaceous plant, Hibiscus trionum, having pale yellow flowers with a bladder-like calyx
follow the leader — a child's game in which players, one behind the other, follow a leader and must repeat or follow everything he or she does.
for all the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
for heaven's sake — expressing frustration
for the most part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
fort walton beach — a city in NW Florida.
fourfold purchase — a tackle that is composed of a rope passed through two fourfold blocks in such a way as to provide mechanical power in the ratio of 1 to 5 or 1 to 4, depending on whether hauling is done on the running or the standing block and without considering friction. Compare tackle (def 2).
freight forwarder — a person or firm that arranges to pick up or deliver goods on instructions of a shipper or a consignee from or to a point by various necessary conveyances and common carriers.
french provincial — noting, pertaining to, or resembling a style of furnishings and decoration originating in the provinces of France in the 18th century, derived from but less ornate than styles then current in Paris and featuring simply carved wood furniture, often with decorative curved moldings.
french somaliland — a former name of Djibouti (def 1).
from head to foot — all over one's body
further education — adult education.
garden heliotrope — the common valerian, Valeriana officinalis, especially when cultivated as an ornamental.
generalized other — an individual's internalized impression of societal norms and expectations.
genetic algorithm — (GA) An evolutionary algorithm which generates each individual from some encoded form known as a "chromosome" or "genome". Chromosomes are combined or mutated to breed new individuals. "Crossover", the kind of recombination of chromosomes found in sexual reproduction in nature, is often also used in GAs. Here, an offspring's chromosome is created by joining segments choosen alternately from each of two parents' chromosomes which are of fixed length. GAs are useful for multidimensional optimisation problems in which the chromosome can encode the values for the different variables being optimised.
geographical mile — nautical mile.
george washington — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
geothermal energy — Geothermal energy is energy from temperature differences inside the earth's crust.
gestatorial chair — a ceremonial chair on which the pope is carried
get in one's hair — to annoy one
get off the grass — an exclamation of disbelief
go down the drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.
go for the collar — to go without a hit in a game
go on the rampage — If people go on the rampage, they rush about in a wild or violent way, causing damage or destruction.
go the extra mile — make an exceptional effort
good-time charlie — an affable, sociable, pleasure-loving man.
grandfather clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
grandmother clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
great vowel shift — a series of changes in the quality of the long vowels between Middle and Modern English as a result of which all were raised, while the high vowels (ē) and (o̅o̅), already at the upper limit, underwent breaking to become the diphthongs (ī) and (ou).
great white heron — a large white heron, Ardea occidentalis, of Florida and the Florida Keys.
great willow herb — either of two tall, large-flowered willow herbs, Epilobium angustifolium or E. hirsutum.
great-grandmother — a grandmother of one's father or mother.
ground angle shot — a photograph or film shot in which the lens is near the ground, usually pointing up somewhat
guardhouse lawyer — a person in military service, especially an inmate of a guardhouse or brig, who is or claims to be an authority on military law, regulations, and soldiers' rights.
guinea-hen flower — checkered lily.
haematocrystallin — Alternative form of hematocrystallin.
haemoglobinometer — an instrument used to determine the haemoglobin content of blood
haemorrhoidectomy — surgical removal of haemorrhoids
hairy-tailed mole — a blackish North American mole, Parascalops breweri, having a short, hairy tail.
half-round chisel — a cold chisel with a semicircular cutting edge used for making narrow channels

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