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15-letter words containing s, h, e, c

  • hard-shell crab — a crab, especially an edible crab, that has not recently molted and has a hard shell.
  • hardship clause — a clause in a contract which covers unforeseen events that would make it more difficult for one party to complete the contract, and in which case offers alternative terms
  • harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
  • hausdorff space — a topological space in which each pair of points can be separated by two disjoint open sets containing the points.
  • have a crush on — be attracted to: sb
  • have a smack at — to attempt
  • have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
  • haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
  • heart's content — 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-searching — a thorough examination of one's feelings and motives; a self-examination of one's conscience.
  • hedgehog cactus — any of various rounded, usually spiny cacti of the genus Echinocereus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having bell-shaped flowers that close at night.
  • hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
  • heliacal rising — rising of a celestial object at approximately the same time as the rising of the sun
  • hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
  • hemicolectomies — Plural form of hemicolectomy.
  • hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
  • hemochromatosis — a rare metabolic disorder characterized by a bronzed skin, cirrhosis, and severe diabetes, caused by the deposit in tissue, especially of the liver and pancreas, of hemosiderin and other pigments containing iron.
  • hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
  • hendecasyllable — a word or line of verse of 11 syllables.
  • henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
  • heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
  • hercules beetle — a large Neotropical rhinoceros beetle, Dynastes hercules.
  • hernando cortes — Hernando [er-nahn-daw] /ɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), Hernán [er-nahn] /ɛrˈnɑn/ (Show IPA), 1485–1547, Spanish conqueror of Mexico.
  • heterochthonous — not indigenous; foreign (opposed to autochthonous): heterochthonous flora and fauna.
  • heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
  • heteroscedastic — (of several distributions) having different variances
  • hexylresorcinol — white or yellowish-white, needle-shaped crystals, C 12 H 18 O 2 , used chiefly as an antiseptic and for the expulsion of intestinal worms.
  • histochemically — In a histochemical manner.
  • hobson's choice — the choice of taking either that which is offered or nothing; the absence of a real alternative.
  • holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc
  • holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
  • homeostatically — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
  • homo economicus — a theoretical human being who rationally calculates the costs and benefits of every action before making a decision, used as the basis for a number of economic theories and models
  • homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
  • hoosier cabinet — a tall kitchen cabinet mass-produced during the early part of the 20th century, usually of oak, featuring an enameled work surface, storage bins, a flour sifter, etc.
  • hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
  • horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
  • horned screamer — a screamer, Anhima cornuta, of tropical South America, having a long, slender hornlike process projecting from the forehead.
  • horror-stricken — Horror-stricken means the same as horror-struck.
  • 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.
  • house detective — an employee of a department store, hotel, etc., employed to prevent thefts, violations of regulations, or other forms of misconduct on the part of patrons.
  • house physician — a house officer working in a medical as opposed to a surgical discipline
  • housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
  • how come/how so — You ask 'How come?' or 'How so?' when you are surprised by something and are asking why it happened or was said.
  • hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
  • human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
  • hundred's place — hundred (def 8).
  • hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
  • hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
  • hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
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