14-letter words containing ha
- rehabilitation — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- rehabilitative — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
- residence hall — Residence halls are buildings with rooms or apartments, usually built by universities or colleges, in which students live during the school year.
- reverse-charge — (of a telephone call) made at the recipient's expense
- rhaeto-romance — the group of closely related Romance dialects, including Romansch and Ladin, spoken in SE Switzerland, the Tirol, and N Italy
- rhaeto-romanic — a Romance language consisting of Friulian, Tyrolese, Ladin, and the Romansh dialects.
- rhinencephalon — the part of the cerebrum containing the olfactory structures.
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- richard scarry — Richard McClure, 1919–94, U.S. author and illustrator of children's books.
- richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- richard trench — Richard Chenevix [shen-uh-vee] /ˈʃɛn ə vi/ (Show IPA), 1807–86, English clergyman and scholar, born in Ireland.
- right-hand man — an indispensable or invaluable assistant; right hand.
- rock mechanics — the study of the mechanical behaviour of rocks, esp their strength, elasticity, permeability, porosity, density, and reaction to stress
- rogue elephant — a vicious elephant that has been exiled from the herd.
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- rorschach test — a test for revealing the underlying personality structure of an individual by the use of a standard series of 10 inkblot designs to which the subject responds by telling what image or emotion each design evokes.
- rose of sharon — Also called althea. a widely cultivated shrub or small tree, Hibiscus syriacus, of the mallow family, having showy white, reddish or purplish flowers.
- saccharic acid — a white, needlelike, crystalline, water-soluble solid or syrup, C 6 H 1 0 O 8 , usually made by the oxidation of cane sugar, glucose, or starch by nitric acid.
- sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
- saccharomycete — a single-celled yeast of the family Saccharomycetaceae, having no mycelium.
- sachsen-anhalt — German name of Saxony-Anhalt.
- safety harness — apparatus with straps to secure sb
- saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- sarit thanarat — 1908–63, Thai statesman: premier 1952–63.
- scaphocephalic — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
- scaphocephalus — a condition in which the length of the skull significantly exceeds its breadth
- schafer method — a method of artificial respiration in which the patient is placed face downward, pressure then being rhythmically applied with the hands to the lower part of the thorax.
- scissors chair — a chair, as a Dante or Savonarola chair, having transverse pairs of crossed legs supporting the seat and arms.
- scrap merchant — dealer in discarded materials
- screen sharing — audiographic teleconferencing
- second chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- seeing as/that — You can use seeing that or seeing as to introduce a reason for what you are saying.
- self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
- semito-hamitic — a former name for the Afro-Asiatic family of languages
- service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
- servomechanism — an electronic control system in which a hydraulic, pneumatic, or other type of controlling mechanism is actuated and controlled by a low-energy signal.
- shabby-genteel — trying to maintain dignity and self-respect despite shabbiness.
- shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
- shadow cabinet — (in the British Parliament) a group of prominent members of the opposition who are expected to hold positions in the cabinet when their party assumes power.
- shaker heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- shakespeareana — collected writings or items relating to Shakespeare
- shalach manoth — the practice of giving gifts to one another or to the needy on Purim.
- shallow-minded — lacking intellectual or mental depth or subtlety; superficial
- shamefacedness — modest or bashful.
- shankaracharya — a.d. 789?–821? Hindu Vedantist philosopher and teacher.
- share earnings — the earnings returned on the initial investment amount
- share of voice — the proportion of the total audience or readership commanded by a media group across its full range of publishing and broadcasting activities
- shark-infested — (of a body of water) known to contain large numbers of sharks, and therefore considered to be dangerous
- sharp practice — You can use sharp practice to refer to an action or a way of behaving, especially in business or professional matters, that you think is clever but dishonest.