19-letter words containing v, e, h

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.
have designs on sth — If someone has designs on something, they want it and are planning to get it, often in a dishonest way.
have half a mind to — to have the intention of
have one's blood up — to be or cause to be angry or inflamed
have one's way with — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
have sth against sb — If you have something against someone or something, you dislike them.
have the last laugh — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
have the makings of — show potential as
haves and have-nots — If you refer to two groups of people as haves and have-nots, you mean that the first group are very wealthy and the second group are very poor. You can also refer generally to poor people as have-nots.
heavy goods vehicle — a large road vehicle for carrying goods
heavy-water reactor — a nuclear reactor that uses heavy water as moderator
hemidemisemiquavers — Plural form of hemidemisemiquaver.
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
herpes zoster virus — a type of herpesvirus that causes chickenpox and shingles.
high-level language — a problem-oriented programming language, as COBOL, FORTRAN, or PL/1, that uses English-like statements and symbols to create sequences of computer instructions and identify memory locations, rather than the machine-specific individual instruction codes and numerical addresses employed by machine language.
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.
housing development — a group of houses or apartments, usually of the same size and design, often erected on a tract of land by one builder and controlled by one management.
hudson river school — a group of American painters of the mid-19th century whose works are characterized by a highly romantic treatment of landscape, especially along the Hudson River.
hyperresponsiveness — An abnormally increased responsiveness, especially that due to hypersensitivity or hyperreactivity.
in the driving seat — If you say that someone is in the driving seat, you mean that they are in control in a situation.
incomprehensiveness — The condition of being incomprehensive.
inver grove heights — a town in SE Minnesota.
it serves you right — If you say it serves someone right when something unpleasant happens to them, you mean that it is their own fault and you have no sympathy for them.
jehovah's witnesses — a Christian sect, founded in the U.S. in the late 19th century, that believes in the imminent destruction of the world's wickedness and the establishment of a theocracy under God's rule.
lady of the evening — a prostitute.
leave the door open — a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
let someone have it — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
liouville's theorem — the theorem that every function of a complex variable, bounded and differentiable for all finite values of the variable, is a constant function.
locomotive workshop — a place where locomotives are built or repaired
love at first sight — instant romantic attraction to sb
lymphoproliferative — Characterized by lymphoproliferation.
major seventh chord — a chord much used in modern music, esp jazz and pop, consisting of a major triad with an added major seventh above the root
male chauvinist pig — male chauvinist.
minor seventh chord — a chord consisting of a minor triad with an added minor seventh above the root
motivation research — the application of the knowledge and techniques of the social sciences, especially psychology and sociology, to understanding consumer attitudes and behavior: used as a guide in advertising and marketing.
mushroom ventilator — a ventilator having at the top of a vertical shaft a broad rounded cap that can be screwed down to close it.
nail polish remover — solvent for removing nail polish
nerve growth factor — a protein that promotes the growth, organization, and maintenance of sympathetic and some sensory nerve cells. Abbreviation: NGF.
neville chamberlain — (Arthur) Neville, 1869–1940, British statesman: prime minister 1937–40.
niccolo machiavelli — Niccolò di Bernardo [neek-kaw-law dee ber-nahr-daw] /ˌnik kɔˈlɔ di bɛrˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.
no shrinking violet — If you say that someone is no shrinking violet, you mean that they are not at all shy.
north valley stream — a town on W Long Island, in SE New York.
off-highway vehicle — An off-highway vehicle is a vehicle, such as one used for construction or agriculture, that is intended for use on steep or uneven ground.
olive-backed thrush — Swainson's thrush.
over someone's head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
overhead projection — the projection (using an overhead projector) of an enlarged image of a transparency onto a surface above and behind the person using it

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