15-letter words containing r, o, s, a, l
- governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- gram's solution — (sometimes lowercase) a solution of iodine, potassium iodide, and water, used in staining bacteria.
- gulf of argolis — an inlet of the Aegean Sea, in the E Peloponnese
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- half-understood — partially understood
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
- head over heels — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
- heads will roll — If you say that heads will roll as a result of something bad that has happened, you mean that people will be punished for it, especially by losing their jobs.
- heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterosexualism — Discrimination of non-heterosexual people on the basis of their sexual orientation.
- heterosexuality — sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
- historical cost — The historical cost of an asset is its original cost when it was first acquired by a company.
- holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
- horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
- horse artillery — cavalry equipped with artillery
- horse latitudes — the latitudes near 30°N or 30°S at sea, characterized by baffling winds, calms, and high barometric pressure
- hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- host-host layer — transport layer
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- hydrostatically — In a hydrostatic manner.
- hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
- improvisational — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- improvisatorial — relating to an improvisator
- incommensurable — not commensurable; having no common basis, measure, or standard of comparison.
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- indoor baseball — softball played indoors.
- inertial fusion — a type of nuclear fusion in which the inertia of matter enables it to fuse by impact, as by pulses of laser radiation or high-energy charged particles, rather than by high temperature
- inquisitorially — In an inquisitorial manner.
- inspirationally — imparting inspiration.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- interior salish — in Canada, a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
- internalisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of internalization.
- interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
- interpersonally — of or pertaining to the relations between persons: He has strong interpersonal skills.
- interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
- intervalometers — Plural form of intervalometer.
- intolerableness — The state of being intolerable or insufferable.