15-letter words containing t, o, d, s, h
- downheartedness — The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness.
- droste-hulshoff — Annette Elisabeth Freiin von [ah-net-uh ey-lee-zah-bet frahy-in fuh n] /ɑˈnɛt ə eɪˈli zɑˌbɛt ˈfraɪ ɪn fən/ (Show IPA), 1797–1848, German poet.
- dystrophication — the process by which a body of water becomes dystrophic.
- echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
- eddystone light — lighthouse on dangerous rocks (Eddystone Rocks) just off the SE coast of Cornwall, in the English Channel
- edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
- fast-food chain — a chain of restaurants serving fast food
- fifth dimension — a theoretical dimension beyond or in addition to a fourth dimension.
- flight of ideas — a rapid flow of thought, manifested by accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic: a symptom of some mental illnesses, especially manic disorder.
- forecastle head — the extreme fore part of a forecastle superstructure.
- foresightedness — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- foster daughter — a girl raised like one's own daughter, though not such by birth or adoption.
- get hold of sth — If you get hold of an object or information, you obtain it, usually after some difficulty.
- go the distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- gödel's theorem — either of two theorems published by the mathematician Kurt Gödel in 1931 that prove all mathematical systems are incomplete in that their truth or consistency can only be proved using a system of a higher order
- golden pheasant — an Asiatic pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, having brilliant scarlet, orange, gold, green, and black plumage.
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- goodheartedness — The quality of being goodhearted.
- goody two shoes — a goody-goody.
- goody two-shoes — goody-goody
- goody-two-shoes — a goody-goody.
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- growth industry — an industry that is experiencing rapid growth
- half-understood — partially understood
- hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
- have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
- have words with — to argue angrily with
- hazardous waste — any industrial by-product, especially from the manufacture of chemicals, that is destructive to the environment or dangerous to the health of people or animals: Hazardous wastes often contaminate ground water.
- hedge your bets — play it safe, lessen a risk
- 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.
- hermaphroditism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- hernando cortes — Hernando [er-nahn-daw] /ɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), Hernán [er-nahn] /ɛrˈnɑn/ (Show IPA), 1485–1547, Spanish conqueror of Mexico.
- 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
- high priesthood — the condition or office of a high priest.
- holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc
- horner's method — a technique, involving successive substitutions, for approximating the real roots of an equation with real coefficients.
- horse latitudes — the latitudes near 30°N or 30°S at sea, characterized by baffling winds, calms, and high barometric pressure
- hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- 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.
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
- hydrostatically — In a hydrostatic manner.
- hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
- hyperthyroidism — overactivity of the thyroid gland.
- idiot's delight — any variety of the card game solitaire.
- in the doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- in the hands of — under the control of