15-letter words containing h
- 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.
- homing guidance — a method of missile guidance in which internal equipment enables it to steer itself onto the target, as by sensing the target's heat radiation
- homing instinct — an instinct that enables an animal to return home after travelling great distances
- 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
- homoerotophobia — Homophobia; antipathy towards homosexuals.
- homogeneousness — (rare) homogeneity, the state of having a uniform composition.
- homosexualities — Plural form of homosexuality.
- honey tangerine — a citrus fruit with a deep-orange pulp, formed by crossing a tangerine and a sweet orange hybrid; Murcott
- honeycomb tripe — a part of the inner lining of the stomach of the steer, calf, hog, or sheep, resembling a honeycomb in appearance and considered a table delicacy.
- honeymoon suite — a luxurious suite in a hotel designed for honeymooners
- hoochie-coochie — hootchy-kootchy
- hook and ladder — a fire engine, usually a tractor-trailer, fitted with long, extensible ladders and other equipment.
- hook of holland — a cape and the harbor it forms in the SW Netherlands.
- 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.
- hootchy-kootchy — cooch.
- hop-o'-my-thumb — a very small person, as a midget or dwarf.
- hopeful monster — a hypothetical individual organism that, by means of a fortuitous macromutation permitting an adaptive shift to a new mode of life, becomes the founder of a new type of organism and a vehicle of macroevolution.
- 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
- horizontal well — A horizontal well is a well which has sections that have been drilled at more than 80 degrees from the vertical in order to penetrate a greater length of the reservoir.
- horned cucumber — a tropical African plant, Cucumis metuliferus, having fruit with spiky, orange skin and jellylike pulp that tastes like cucumbers.
- horned oak gall — a small, round tumor, formed around wasp eggs laid in the branches of a pin oak tree, that disrupts the flow of nutrients to the tree, with consequent defoliation and death.
- horned screamer — a screamer, Anhima cornuta, of tropical South America, having a long, slender hornlike process projecting from the forehead.
- horner's method — a technique, involving successive substitutions, for approximating the real roots of an equation with real coefficients.
- horror-stricken — Horror-stricken means the same as horror-struck.
- horse artillery — cavalry equipped with artillery
- horse latitudes — the latitudes near 30°N or 30°S at sea, characterized by baffling winds, calms, and high barometric pressure
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- horsepower-hour — a foot-pound-second unit of energy or work, equal to the work done by a mechanism with a power output of one horsepower over a period of one hour.
- horticulturally — With respect to horticulture.
- horticulturists — Plural form of horticulturist.
- 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.
- hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hospitalisation — (British) alternative spelling of hospitalization.
- hospitalization — the act, process, or state of being hospitalized.
- host-host layer — transport layer
- hostess trolley — a trolley, usually wheeled, on which to keep food warm until the hostess is ready to serve it
- hostile witness — a witness who gives evidence against the party calling him
- hot-air balloon — passenger balloon
- hot-bulb engine — a low-compression oil engine requiring a heated bulb or cap for ignition.
- hot-dip coating — the process of coating sheets of iron or steel with molten zinc.
- hotline connect — (messaging) A suite of communication products developed by Hotline Communications Ltd. Hotline Connect is a real-time, multi-platform Internet/Intranet communication suite, that operates independent of the web. It provides easy-to-use private and public virtual community building and live interaction with real-time chat, conferencing, messaging, data warehousing, file transfer, and viewing. Version: 1.7.2, as of 1999-12-07.
- hour after hour — continuously for many hours
- 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 of prayer — house of God.
- house physician — a house officer working in a medical as opposed to a surgical discipline
- household goods — kitchenware and other utensils for use in the home
- household linen — items made of cloth, such as tablecloths, sheets, and pillowcases, that are used in the home
- housemistresses — Plural form of housemistress.