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16-letter words containing a, i, h

  • angel-hair pasta — spaghetti made in very fine strands
  • angiographically — By the use of angiography.
  • anharmonic ratio — cross ratio.
  • aniakchak crater — an active volcanic crater on the Alaskan Peninsula, with a diameter of 6 miles (10 km).
  • animal husbandry — the science of breeding, rearing, and caring for farm animals
  • annus horribilis — a terrible year
  • anopisthographic — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on only one side of the leaves.
  • anthranilic acid — an aromatic acid, C6H4
  • anthropocentrism — an anthropocentric theory or view.
  • anthropometrical — Pertaining to anthropometry.
  • anthropomorphise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of anthropomorphize.
  • anthropomorphism — Anthropomorphism is the idea that an animal, a god, or an object has feelings or characteristics like those of a human being.
  • anthropomorphist — One who anthropomorphizes.
  • anthropomorphize — to attribute or ascribe human form or behaviour to (a god, animal, object, etc)
  • anthropophagites — Plural form of anthropophagite.
  • anthroposemiotic — Of or pertaining to anthroposemiotics.
  • anthroposophical — of or relating to anthroposophy
  • anti-aphrodisiac — Also, aphrodisiacal [af-ruh-duh-zahy-uh-kuh l, -sahy-] /ˌæf rə dəˈzaɪ ə kəl, -ˈsaɪ-/ (Show IPA). arousing sexual desire.
  • anti-monarchical — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
  • anti-patriarchal — of or relating to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc.: my father's conservative, patriarchal ways.
  • anti-prohibition — the act of prohibiting.
  • anti-theoretical — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
  • anticholinergics — Plural form of anticholinergic.
  • antihumanitarian — Opposing humanitarianism.
  • antihypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
  • antihypertensive — able to inhibit or control hypertension
  • antipathetically — In an antipathetic fashion.
  • antiphospholipid — (medicine) Counteracting phospholipids; applied to Hughes syndrome.
  • antipornographic — Opposing pornography.
  • apostolic church — the Christian church as founded by the apostles.
  • apparent horizon — the apparent line that divides the earth and the sky
  • apple-touch-icon — (programming)   (apple-touch-icon.png) Apple's default icon (image) used to represent a website, e.g. when saved as a bookmark or on the home screen of an iOS device such as an iPhone or iPad. Apple's scheme allows a site to offer images of different sizes so the client can choose the most appropriate one according to its screen size and resolution. Apple devices and applications completely ignore the favicon.ico de facto standard which, while somewhat quirky in its use of the ico format, has been pretty much universally adopted elsewhere. Conversely, apple-touch-icon.png will be ignored by non-Apple devices, possibly because its 16x16 resolution would look pretty shabby on most smart phones.
  • applied research — research that is put to practical use
  • appraisal method — a method used for the appraisal of an employee
  • apprehensiveness — uneasy or fearful about something that might happen: apprehensive for the safety of the mountain climbers.
  • arachidonic acid — a fatty acid occurring in animal cells: the metabolic precursor of several groups of biologically active substances, including prostaglandins
  • archaeologically — In an archaeological manner.
  • archaeomagnetism — an archaeological technique for dating certain clay objects by measuring the extent to which they have been magnetized by the earth's magnetic field
  • archconservative — consistently holding extremely conservative views: publisher of the city's archconservative newspaper.
  • archival storage — a method of retaining information outside of the internal memory of a computer
  • armchair banking — the management of one's bank account or accounts using a computer, telephone, or television in the home or via the postal system
  • armillary sphere — a model of the celestial sphere consisting of rings representing the relative positions of the celestial equator, ecliptic, etc, used by early astronomers for determining the positions of stars
  • aromatherapeutic — Of or pertaining to aromatherapy.
  • arthroscopically — By means of arthroscopy.
  • arthus' reaction — a severe, local immune reaction to the injection of an antigen in a sensitized host.
  • article of faith — If something is an article of faith for a person or group, they believe in it totally.
  • artificial heart — any of various four-chambered devices, modeled on the human heart, that pump blood by attachment to a power source and that are constructed for temporary external use or for implantation as a temporary or permanent heart replacement.
  • as right as rain — If you say that someone is as right as rain, you mean that they are completely well or healthy again, for example when they have recovered from an illness or a shock.
  • ascending rhythm — rising rhythm.
  • ashurnasirpal ii — ("the Merciless") died 859? b.c, warrior king of Assyria 884?–859 b.c.
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