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15-letter words containing a, c, i, d, n, h

  • derhotacization — A distortion in (or an Inability to pronounce) the sound of letter R, causing the R to be omitted as a consonant or changing /\u025d/ or /\u025a/ to /\u025c/,/\u0259/, or another vowel if a vocalic.
  • detached retina — a retina that is separated from the choroid layer of the eyeball to which it is normally attached, resulting in loss of vision in the affected part
  • deus ex machina — (in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the plot
  • diadochokinesia — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
  • diadochokinesis — the normal ability to perform rapidly alternating muscular movements, as flexion and extension.
  • dichloromethane — a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. Formula: CH2Cl2
  • dichotomisation — Alternative spelling of dichotomization.
  • dichotomization — The act of dichotomizing or the thing dichotomized; classification.
  • disenchantingly — In a disenchanting manner.
  • disenfranchised — to disfranchise.
  • disenfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of disenfranchise.
  • dithionous acid — an unstable dibasic acid known only in solution and in the form of dithionite salts. It is a powerful reducing agent. Formula: H2S2O4
  • docosahexaenoic — Of or pertaining to docosahexaenoic acid or its derivatives.
  • dorsibranchiate — having branchiae or gills along the back
  • dutchman's-pipe — a climbing vine, Aristolochia durior, of the birthwort family, having large, heart-shaped leaves and brownish-purple flowers of a curved form suggesting a tobacco pipe.
  • dystrophication — the process by which a body of water becomes dystrophic.
  • echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
  • endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
  • fast-food chain — a chain of restaurants serving fast food
  • fighter command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to the use of fighter aircraft, esp against enemy bombers and their escorts during WWII
  • fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
  • flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
  • french canadian — a descendant of the early French colonists of Canada.
  • french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
  • friedrichshafen — a city in Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, on Lake Constance.
  • go the distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
  • graph reduction — A technique invented by Chris Wadsworth where an expression is represented as a directed graph (usually drawn as an inverted tree). Each node represents a function call and its subtrees represent the arguments to that function. Subtrees are replaced by the expansion or value of the expression they represent. This is repeated until the tree has been reduced to a value with no more function calls (a normal form). In contrast to string reduction, graph reduction has the advantage that common subexpressions are represented as pointers to a single instance of the expression which is only reduced once. It is the most commonly used technique for implementing lazy evaluation.
  • gynandromorphic — (of an organism) Having male and female characteristics.
  • hard mint candy — a hardened mint-flavoured sweet
  • have a nice day — pleasantry
  • hay conditioner — either of two machines, one designed to crush stems of hay, the other to break and bend them, in order to cause more rapid and even drying
  • heart condition — cardiac disorder
  • heat-conducting — able to conduct heat or whose function is to conduct heat
  • heat-conduction — the transfer of thermal energy between molecules
  • hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
  • hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
  • hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
  • henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
  • herbal medicine — the use of herbs to treat illness
  • highland cattle — a breed of cattle with shaggy hair, usually reddish-brown in colour, and long horns
  • holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
  • holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
  • holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
  • 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
  • hot-dip coating — the process of coating sheets of iron or steel with molten zinc.
  • human condition — mortality
  • humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
  • hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
  • hyaluronic acid — a mucopolysaccharide serving as a viscous medium in the tissues of the body and as a lubricant in joints.
  • hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
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