15-letter words containing y, e, a, r, h
- hautes-pyrenees — a department in SW France. 1751 sq. mi. (4535 sq. km). Capital: Tarbes.
- have a derry on — to have a prejudice or grudge against
- have an eye for — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- hay conditioner — either of two machines, one designed to crush stems of hay, the other to break and bend them, in order to cause more rapid and even drying
- heartbreakingly — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heavenly father — a term used to address or refer to God
- heaviside layer — E layer.
- heavy artillery — guns and howitzers of large caliber.
- heavy breathing — stertorous breathing or breathing done with difficulty
- heavy-heartedly — in a heavy-hearted manner
- heliometrically — By means of, or in terms of, heliometry.
- hemadynamometer — An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury.
- hematoporphyria — porphyria.
- hematoporphyrin — a porphyrin made by treating haemoglobin with acid, used to treat cancer in photodynamic therapy
- hemicraniectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the cranium to enable brain surgery; hemicraniotomy.
- henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
- hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- heterocercality — the condition or state of having a heterocercal tail
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterosexuality — sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
- hexahydrothymol — menthol.
- highway robbery — robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman.
- holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
- honey tangerine — a citrus fruit with a deep-orange pulp, formed by crossing a tangerine and a sweet orange hybrid; Murcott
- horse artillery — cavalry equipped with artillery
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- host-host layer — transport layer
- house of prayer — house of God.
- human geography — the study of the interaction between human beings and their environment in particular places and across spatial areas.
- humphrey bogart — Humphrey (DeForest) ("Bogie"or"Bogey") 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
- hydraulic brake — a brake operated by fluid pressures in cylinders and connecting tubular lines.
- 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.
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- hydroxybutyrate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
- hydroxylapatite — Alternative spelling of hydroxyapatite.
- hyetometrograph — an instrument used to record rainfall
- hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
- hyper-emotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
- hyperaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- hyperanakinesia — abnormally active mechanical movement, especially of the stomach or intestine.
- hypercalcinuria — Condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypercatalectic — (of a line of verse) containing an additional syllable after the last dipody or foot. Compare acatalectic (def 2), catalectic.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- hypercritically — In a hypercritical manner.
- hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.