15-letter words containing a, h, o, m
- hepatocarcinoma — (pathology) cancer of the liver.
- heredo-familial — denoting a condition or disease that may be passed from generation to generation and to several members of one family
- hermaphroditism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- heterochromatic — of, having, or pertaining to more than one color.
- heterochromatin — the dense, highly stainable part of a chromosome.
- heteronormative — noting or relating to behavior or attitudes consistent with traditional male or female gender roles and the assumption of heterosexuality as the norm: our heteronormative culture.
- heterosexualism — Discrimination of non-heterosexual people on the basis of their sexual orientation.
- hexahydrothymol — menthol.
- hierogrammatist — a writer of hierograms, hierogrammate
- histochemically — In a histochemical manner.
- hoffman estates — a city in NE Illinois.
- 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).
- home automation — the control of domestic appliances by electronically controlled systems
- homeopathically — By means of homeopathy.
- homeostatically — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- 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
- homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
- homoerotophobia — Homophobia; antipathy towards homosexuals.
- homosexualities — Plural form of homosexuality.
- hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
- horned screamer — a screamer, Anhima cornuta, of tropical South America, having a long, slender hornlike process projecting from the forehead.
- 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 condition — mortality
- human geography — the study of the interaction between human beings and their environment in particular places and across spatial areas.
- human megaphone — the technique of using a crowd of people to repeat a speaker's words in unison
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- hump one's swag — (of a tramp) to carry one's belongings from place to place on one's back
- humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
- humphrey bogart — Humphrey (DeForest) ("Bogie"or"Bogey") 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hydraulic motor — a motor that converts the kinetic or potential energy of a fluid into mechanical energy.
- hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- hydroxycoumarin — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of coumarin, some of which are the basis of pharmaceuticals.
- hyetometrograph — an instrument used to record rainfall
- hyper-emotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- hyperlipoidemia — An abnormally high level of lipoids in the blood.
- hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- hyperovarianism — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
- hyperpotassemia — hyperkalemia.
- hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
- hypodorian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from A to A, with the final on D.
- hypoinsulinemia — (medicine) An abnormally low level of insulin in the blood.
- hypoionian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from G to G, with the final on C.
- hypolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from C to C, with the final on F.