19-letter words containing r, h, o

freedom of the seas — the doctrine that ships of neutral countries may sail anywhere on the high seas without interference by warring powers.
french north africa — the former French possessions of Algeria, French Morocco, and Tunisia
friend of the court — amicus curiae.
from rags to riches — a worthless piece of cloth, especially one that is torn or worn.
frontier technology — innovative or new technology
gel electrophoresis — a technique for separating protein molecules of varying sizes in a mixture by moving them through a block of gel, as of agarose or polyacrylamide, by means of an electric field, with smaller molecules moving faster and therefore farther than larger ones.
general of the army — the highest ranking military officer; the next rank above general.
geothermal gradient — the increase in temperature with increasing depth within the earth.
get (or be) hip to — to become (or be) informed or knowledgeable about
giant silkworm moth — any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae.
give your eye teeth — If you say that you would give your eye teeth for something, you mean that you want it very much and you would do anything to get it.
glottochronological — Of or pertaining to glottochronology.
go on a/the rampage — If people go on a rampage, they rush around in a wild or violent way, causing damage or destruction.
go through the hoop — to be subjected to an ordeal
go through the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
go to great lengths — If you say that someone goes to great lengths to achieve something, you mean that they try very hard and perhaps do extreme things in order to achieve it.
go under the hammer — to be offered for sale by an auctioneer
goldbach conjecture — an unproved theorem that every even integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two prime numbers.
grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
grandfather's clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
grandmother's clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
graphic workstation — (graphics, computer) A workstation specifically configured for graphics works such as image manipulation, bitmap graphics ("paint"), and vector graphics ("draw") type applications. Such work requires a powerful CPU and a high resolution display. A graphic workstation is very similar to a CAD workstation and, given the typical specifications of personal computers currently available in 1999, the distinctions are very blurred and are more likely to depend on availability of specific software than any detailed hardware requirements.
grasshopper sparrow — a brown and white North American sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum, having a buffy breast and a buzzing insectlike song.
grasshopper warbler — a Eurasian warbler Locustella naevia
great idaean mother — Cybele.
great wall of china — a system of fortified walls with a roadway along the top, constructed as a defense for China against the nomads of the regions that are now Mongolia and Manchuria: completed in the 3rd century b.c., but later repeatedly modified and rebuilt. 2000 miles (3220 km) long.
greenhouse whitefly — See under whitefly.
grocer's apostrophe — an apostrophe placed before a final s intended to indicate the plural but in fact forming the possessive
hamiltonian problem — (computability) (Or "Hamilton's problem") A problem in graph theory posed by William Hamilton: given a graph, is there a path through the graph which visits each vertex precisely once (a "Hamiltonian path")? Is there a Hamiltonian path which ends up where it started (a "Hamiltonian cycle" or "Hamiltonian tour")? Hamilton's problem is NP-complete. It has numerous applications, sometimes completely unexpected, in computing.
handlebar moustache — a man's moustache having long, curved ends that resemble the handlebars of a bicycle.
hang five (or ten) — to ride a surfboard with the toes of one (or both) feet draped over the front edge of the board
harbinger-of-spring — a North American umbelliferous herb, Erigenia bulbosa, having white flowers that bloom early in the spring.
harmonic distortion — distortion caused by nonlinear characteristics of electronic apparatus, esp of audio amplifiers, that generate unwanted harmonics of the input frequencies
haul over the coals — a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
haute vulgarisation — vulgarization, or popularization, on a higher level, esp. as done by academics, scholars, etc.
have a nose for sth — If you say that someone has a nose for something, you mean that they have a natural ability to find it or recognize it.
have a problem with — to be unable to understand or do
have a weakness for — be fond of
have an ax to grind — an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
health professional — a person trained to work in any field of physical or mental health.
heart in your mouth — If your heart is in your mouth, you feel very excited, worried, or frightened.
heavy-water reactor — a nuclear reactor that uses heavy water as moderator
heel-and-toe racing — race walking.
heine-borel theorem — the theorem that in a metric space every covering consisting of open sets that covers a closed and compact set has a finite collection of subsets that covers the given set.
helsinki conference — Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
henry david thoreau — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
henry the navigator — Prince, 1394–1460, prince of Portugal.
hepatic portal vein — a vein connecting two capillary networks in the liver
hepatoportal system — a vascular arrangement in vertebrates through which blood is transported into the liver from capillaries of the stomach, spleen, duodenum, pancreas, and intestines.
heptachlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twenty-four isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing seven chlorine atoms.

Was this page helpful?

Yes No

Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page

Tell us why?