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15-letter words that end in h

  • de bruijn graph — (mathematics)   A class of graphs with elegant properties. De Bruijn graphs are especially easy to use for routing, with shifting of source and destination addresses.
  • deerfield beach — a town in S Florida.
  • deutsches reich — former German name of Germany.
  • developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
  • doch-an-dorrach — a stirrup cup.
  • double-declutch — to change to a lower gear in a motor vehicle by first placing the gear lever into the neutral position before engaging the desired gear, at the same time releasing the clutch pedal and increasing the engine speed
  • drinking trough — a narrow open container in which water for animals is put
  • drying-up cloth — a tea towel
  • echocardiograph — an instrument employing reflected ultrasonic waves to examine the structures and functioning of the heart.
  • edmund randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
  • electromyograph — A device used in electromyography to generate electromyograms.
  • ergatandromorph — an ant with the characteristics of both worker and male
  • estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
  • fighting french — Free French.
  • finishing touch — a final additional or detail that completes and perfects something
  • flashlight fish — any of several fishes, especially Photoblepharon palpebratus, inhabiting deep, dark waters and having light organs that can be closed with a lid.
  • flowerhorn fish — a brightly coloured cichlid fish with a large protuberance on the head
  • four-ball match — a match, scored by holes, between two pairs of players, in which the four players tee off and the partners alternate in hitting the pair's ball having the better lie off the tee.
  • frederick north — Christopher, pen name of John Wilson.
  • french vermouth — a dry aromatic white wine
  • friction clutch — a clutch in which one part turns another by friction between them.
  • garrison finish — the finish of a race, especially a horse race, in which the winner comes from behind to win at the last moment.
  • get hold of sth — If you get hold of an object or information, you obtain it, usually after some difficulty.
  • get wise to sth — If you get wise to something, you find out about it, especially when someone has been trying to keep it secret.
  • go through with — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
  • grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
  • graveyard watch — graveyard shift.
  • gulf of corinth — an inlet of the Ionian Sea between the Peloponnese and central Greece
  • hampstead heath — a popular recreation area near Hampstead in N London
  • have a way with — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • have had enough — be weary, exasperated
  • have to do with — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
  • have words with — to argue angrily with
  • henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
  • hiberno-english — Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.
  • hyetometrograph — an instrument used to record rainfall
  • ignition switch — (on a vehicle) the part that sets the process of ignition in motion once the ignition key is turned; also a button used for the same purpose
  • in at the death — the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
  • in harness with — in cooperation with
  • in keeping with — in conformity or accord with
  • in spite of sth — You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising.
  • indirect speech — Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, 'They said you didn't like it', 'I asked him what his plans were', and 'Citizens complained about the smoke'.
  • infeasible path — dead code
  • interior salish — in Canada, a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
  • isolation booth — a soundproof booth located within a television studio, used to prevent the occupant, usually a contestant in a game show, from hearing certain parts of the show.
  • judicial branch — the branch of government charged with the interpretation of laws and the administration of justice; the judiciary.
  • keep faith with — If you keep faith with someone you have made a promise to or something you believe in, you continue to support them even when it is difficult to do so.
  • kick into touch — to kick the ball out of the playing area and into touch
  • kingsford-smith — Sir Charles (Edward). 1897–1935, Australian aviator and pioneer (with Charles Ulm) of trans-Pacific and trans-Tasman flights
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