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16-letter words containing a, c, h, i, s

  • high renaissance — a style of art developed in Italy in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, chiefly characterized by an emphasis on draftsmanship, schematized, often centralized compositions, and the illusion of sculptural volume in painting. Compare Early Renaissance, Venetian (def 2).
  • himachal pradesh — a state in N India. 21,495 sq. mi. (55,673 sq. km). Capital: Shimla.
  • hispano-american — Spanish.
  • historical novel — a novel within the genre of historical fiction.
  • horizon distance — Television. the distance of the farthest point on the earth's surface visible from a transmitting antenna.
  • horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
  • horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
  • horticulturalist — Misspelling of horticulturist.
  • hospital corners — 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 service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
  • hurricane season — annual cyclone period
  • hydraulic radius — the ratio of the cross-sectional area to the perimeter of a pipe, outlet, or the like, through which a fluid is flowing.
  • hydrostatic head — The hydrostatic head is the vertical height of a column of fluid.
  • hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
  • hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
  • hypocoristically — In a hypocoristic manner.
  • hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
  • hypostatic union — (In Cristianity) Christ's condition of being, at the same time, both human and divine
  • icositetrahedron — a solid figure having 24 faces.
  • immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
  • import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
  • in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
  • in the ascendant — If someone or something is in the ascendant, they have or are getting more power, influence, or popularity than other people or things.
  • insurance scheme — a scheme that provides insurance
  • isophthalic acid — a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 8 H 6 O 2 , the meta isomer of phthalic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and plasticizers.
  • judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • khakass republic — a constituent republic of S central Russia, formerly in Krasnoyarsk Territory: formed in 1930. Capital: Abakan. Pop: 546 100 (2002). Area: 61 900 sq km (23 855 sq miles)
  • kirchhoff's laws — the law that the algebraic sum of the currents flowing toward any point in an electric network is zero.
  • knuckle sandwich — a punch in the mouth with a clenched fist.
  • kurdaitcha shoes — (in certain Central Australian Aboriginal tribes) the emu-feather shoes worn by the kurdaitcha on his mission so that his footsteps may not be traced
  • lachryma christi — a table wine produced from grapes grown near Vesuvius, in Italy.
  • lake havasu city — a city in W central Arizona.
  • lancashire chair — a chair similar to a Windsor chair, having a rush seat and a back formed of spindles.
  • larsen ice shelf — an ice barrier in Antarctica, in the NW Weddell Sea, on the E coast of the Antarctic Peninsula: first explored 1893.
  • laughing jackass — kookaburra.
  • league champions — the team that has come top of the league
  • louisiana french — French as spoken in Louisiana; Cajun. Abbreviation: LaF.
  • lumberjack shirt — a thick checked shirt, as worn by lumberjacks
  • lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
  • lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
  • lymphatic system — an extensive network of capillary vessels that transports the interstitial fluid of the body as lymph to the venous blood circulation
  • lymphatic tissue — tissue, such as the lymph nodes, tonsils, spleen, and thymus, that produces lymphocytes
  • mach's principle — the proposition that there is no absolute space and that the inertia and acceleration of a body are determined by all of the matter of the universe.
  • machado de assiz — Joaquim Maria [zhaw-ah-kim mah-ree-ah] /ˈʒɔ ɑ kɪm mɑˈri ɑ/ (Show IPA), 1839–1908, Brazilian writer.
  • machiavellianism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
  • machine washable — suitable for washing in a washing machine
  • machinist's mate — a petty officer trained to operate, repair, etc. ships' engines
  • magnesiochromite — (mineral) A chromite species with the formula MgCr2O4.
  • magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
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