15-letter words containing ou
- groundwood pulp — wood pulp consisting of groundwood that has not been cooked or chemically treated, used for making newsprint and other poorer grades of paper.
- group insurance — life, accident, or health insurance available to a group of persons, as the employees of a company, under a single contract, usually without regard to physical condition or age of the individuals.
- group separator — (character) (GS) ASCII character 29.
- group therapist — a psychotherapist who conducts group therapy
- groutlock brick — a brick chamfered on its inner angles to allow space for vertical and horizontal reinforcing rods sealed in grout.
- guard of honour — A guard of honour is an official parade of troops, usually to celebrate or honour a special occasion, such as the visit of a head of state.
- guerrilla group — an organized group of guerrillas
- guest of honour — If you say that someone is the guest of honour at a dinner or other social occasion, you mean that they are the most important guest.
- half-round file — a file having a semicircular cross-section
- hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
- harbour station — the part of a port where boats shelter or station
- hare and hounds — an outdoor game in which certain players, the hares, start off in advance on a long run, scattering small pieces of paper, called the scent, with the other players, the hounds, following the trail so marked in an effort to catch the hares before they reach a designated point.
- have had enough — be weary, exasperated
- 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
- heterochthonous — not indigenous; foreign (opposed to autochthonous): heterochthonous flora and fauna.
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterogeneously — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
- homogeneousness — (rare) homogeneity, the state of having a uniform composition.
- 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.
- 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.
- housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
- housing benefit — In Britain, housing benefit is money that the government gives to people with no income or very low incomes to pay for part or all of their rent.
- housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
- how about that! — isn't that interesting!
- how do you mean — If you say 'How do you mean?' to someone, you are asking them to explain or give more details of what they have just said.
- human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
- hydrosulphurous — relating to or derived from hydrosulphurous acid
- hydroxycoumarin — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of coumarin, some of which are the basis of pharmaceuticals.
- hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
- hypophosphorous — of or derived from hypophosphorous acid.
- ignition source — An ignition source is a process or event which can cause a fire or explosion.
- ignominiousness — The state or quality of being ignominious.
- illustriousness — The state of being illustrious.
- image-conscious — concerned about the way one comes across to other people and the impression one creates
- impecuniousness — The property of being impecunious.
- in honour bound — under a moral obligation
- in the doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
- in your dreams! — You say `In your dreams!' when you think that what someone wants is never going to happen or be true.
- in-and-out bond — a stonework or brickwork bond having headers and stretchers alternating vertically.
- in/into trouble — If someone is in trouble, they are in a situation in which a person in authority is angry with them or is likely to punish them because they have done something wrong.
- incapaciousness — the quality of not having (sufficiently) great capacity
- inconspicuously — not conspicuous, noticeable, or prominent.