19-letter words containing s, l, a, h, d

hold up one's hands — to confess a mistake or misdeed
holy innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
honorable discharge — a discharge from military service of a person who has fulfilled obligations efficiently, honorably, and faithfully.
horsehair toadstool — a small basidiomycetous fungus, Marasmius androsaceus, having a rusty coloured cap and very slender black stems. It is related to the fairy ring mushroom, but is commonly found among conifers and heather
hotel des invalides — a military hospital built in Paris in the 17th and 18th centuries by Libéral Bruant and J. H. Mansart: famous for its chapel dome, the tomb of Napoleon, and as a military museum.
household insurance — an arrangement in which you pay money to a company, and they pay money to you if your household goods are stolen or damaged
hydrostatic balance — a balance for finding the weight of an object submerged in water in order to determine the upthrust on it and thus determine its relative density
hyperfocal distance — the distance, at a given f number, between a camera lens and the nearest point (hyperfocal point) having satisfactory definition when focused at infinity.
hyperphosphorylated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperphosphorylate.
in the second place — secondly
industrial-strength — unusually strong, potent, or the like: heavy-duty: an industrial-strength soap.
intermediate school — a school for pupils in grades 4 through 6.
kill sth stone-dead — If you kill something such as an idea or emotion stone-dead, you completely destroy it.
king charles's head — a fixed idea; personal obsession
label switched path — (networking) (LSP) The specific path through a network that a datagram follows, based on its MPLS labels.
ladies-of-the-night — plural of lady-of-the-night.
lakshadweep islands — a group of 26 coral islands and reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India: a union territory of India since 1956. Administrative centre: Kavaratti Island. Pop: 60 595 (2001). Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles)
landscape architect — A landscape architect is the same as a landscape gardener.
let one's hair down — any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
limited partnership — a partnership formed by at least one general partner and at least one special partner.
lipopolysaccharides — Plural form of lipopolysaccharide.
long-and-short work — an arrangement of rectangular quoins or jambstones set alternately vertically and horizontally.
malicious falsehood — a lie told by someone who knows the lie is false or knows it will do harm to the person it is concerning
manned space flight — space travel in vehicles with a human crew
moses-in-the-cradle — a plant, Rhoeo spathacea, native to the West Indies and Central America, having leaves with purple undersides and white flowers enclosed in a boat-shaped envelope formed by two bracts.
mucopolysaccharides — Plural form of mucopolysaccharide.
new zealand spinach — a plant, Tetragonia tetragonioides, of warm regions, cultivated for its edible leaves, eaten as a vegetable.
non-distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
nordrhein-westfalen — German name of North Rhine-Westphalia.
old church slavonic — the oldest attested Slavic language, an ecclesiastical language written first by Cyril and Methodius in a Bible translation of the 9th century and continued in use for about two centuries. It represents the South Slavic, Bulgarian dialect of 9th-century Salonika with considerable addition of other South and West Slavic elements. Abbreviation: OCS.
old english pattern — a spoon pattern having a stem curving backward at the end.
old man and the sea — a novel (1952) by Ernest Hemingway.
old spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
open the floodgates — If events open the floodgates to something, they make it possible for that thing to happen much more often or much more seriously than before.
overplay one's hand — If you say that someone is overplaying something such as a problem, you mean that they are making it seem more important than it really is.
own flesh and blood — If you say that someone is your own flesh and blood, you are emphasizing that they are a member of your family.
palisade parenchyma — the upper layer of ground tissue in a leaf, consisting of elongated cells beneath and perpendicular to the upper epidermis and constituting the primary area of photosynthesis.
physical addressing — (networking) The low level addressing scheme used on Ethernet. The 48-bit destination Ethernet address in a packet is compared with the receiving node's Ethernet address. Compare IP address.
physically impaired — with reduced or weakened physical capacity
pistol-handle knife — a table knife, especially of the 18th century, having a slightly curved handle resembling the grip of a flintlock pistol.
police headquarters — building where police are stationed
polyphosphoric acid — any one of a series of oxyacids of phosphorus with the general formula Hn+2PnO3n+1. The first member is pyrophosphoric acid (n = 2) and the series includes the highly polymeric metaphosphoric acid. The higher acids exist in an equilibrium mixture
pseudo-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
pseudopsychological — of or relating to psychology.
queensland lungfish — a lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, reaching a length of six feet: occurs in Queensland rivers but introduced elsewhere
ralph waldo emerson — Ralph Waldo [wawl-doh,, wol-] /ˈwɔl doʊ,, ˈwɒl-/ (Show IPA), 1803–82, U.S. essayist and poet.
rancho palos verdes — a town in SW California.
red-shouldered hawk — a North American hawk, Buteo lineatus, having rufous shoulders.
redress the balance — to make a fair adjustment; see that justice is done

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