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16-letter words containing a, n, d, r, o, e

  • have the drop on — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • head normal form — (theory, reduction)   (HNF) A term describing a lambda expression whose top level is either a variable, a data value, a built-in function applied to too few arguments, or a lambda abstraction whose body is not reducible. I.e. the top level is neither a redex nor a lambda abstraction with a reducible body. An expression in HNF may contain redexes in argument postions whereas a normal form may not. Compare Weak Head Normal Form.
  • headed notepaper — notepaper headed with the name and address of a person or organization
  • hernando de soto — Hernando [her-nan-doh;; Spanish er-nahn-daw] /hərˈnæn doʊ;; Spanish ɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), or Fernando [fer-nan-doh;; Spanish fer-nahn-daw] /fərˈnæn doʊ;; Spanish fɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), c1500–42, Spanish soldier and explorer in America.
  • heroin addiction — addiction to the drug heroin
  • heteropalindrome — Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap.
  • hexahydroaniline — cyclohexylamine.
  • hexahydrobenzene — cyclohexane.
  • higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
  • 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
  • horsehead nebula — a dark nebula in the constellation Orion, composed of opaque cosmic dust and resembling the head of a horse.
  • hot and bothered — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
  • hundred-year-old — of one hundred years of age
  • hyaloid membrane — the delicate, pellucid, and nearly structureless membrane enclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
  • hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
  • hydroferricyanic — (chemistry) Pertaining to, or containing, or obtained from, hydrogen, ferric iron, and cyanogen.
  • hydrogen cyanide — a colorless poisonous gas, HCN, having a bitter almondlike odor: in aqueous solution it forms hydrocyanic acid.
  • hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
  • icositetrahedron — a solid figure having 24 faces.
  • immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
  • incorporated bar — (in some states) a system of bar associations to which all lawyers are required to belong.
  • indian breadroot — breadroot.
  • indian liquorice — a woody leguminous climbing plant, Abrus precatorius, native to tropical Asia and naturalized elsewhere, having scarlet black-spotted poisonous seeds, used as beads, and roots used as a substitute for liquorice
  • indian territory — a former territory of the U.S.: now in E Oklahoma. About 31,000 sq. mi. (80,000 sq. km).
  • indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
  • information desk — helpdesk, information point
  • inter-divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
  • interdimensional — Between dimensions.
  • internal auditor — a person who carries out an internal audit
  • intravenous drip — the continuous, slow introduction of a fluid into a vein of the body. Abbreviation: IV.
  • isle of portland — a rugged limestone peninsula in SW England, in Dorset, connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus and by Chesil Bank: the lighthouse of Portland Bill lies at the S tip; famous for the quarrying of Portland stone, a fine building material. Pop (town): 12 000 (latest est)
  • j. random hacker — (jargon)   /J rand'm hak'r/ MIT jargon for a mythical figure; the archetypal hacker nerd. This may originally have been inspired by "J. Fred Muggs", a show-biz chimpanzee whose name was a household word back in the early days of TMRC, and was probably influenced by J. Presper Eckert (one of the co-inventors of the electronic computer). See random, Suzie COBOL.
  • judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • karadeniz bogazi — Bosporus
  • kingdom of arles — a kingdom in SE France which had dissolved by 1378: known as the Kingdom of Burgundy until about 1200
  • kondratieff wave — a long business cycle of economic expansion and contraction, postulated to last about 60 years.
  • labrador current — a cold ocean current flowing southwards off the coast of Labrador and meeting the warm Gulf Stream, causing dense fogs off the coast of Newfoundland
  • land-poor farmer — a farmer who owns much unprofitable land and lacks the money to maintain its fertility or improve it
  • legal dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the various branches of the legal profession, as civil law, criminal law, and corporate law. A comprehensive legal dictionary adds to its body of standard English entries many words and phrases that have made their way into modern legal practice from law French and Latin and are rarely found in a general English monolingual dictionary. Such a specialized dictionary is useful not only for law students and for attorneys themselves, but for members of the lay public who require legal services. Legal dictionaries published in print follow the normal practice of sorting entry terms alphabetically, while electronic dictionaries, such as the online Dictionary of Law on Dictionary.com, allow direct, immediate access to a search term.
  • lenticular cloud — a very smooth, round or oval, lens-shaped cloud that is often seen, singly or stacked in groups, near a mountain ridge.
  • limited monarchy — a monarchy that is limited by laws and a constitution.
  • limited-monarchy — a limited train, bus, etc.
  • lonely hearts ad — an advertisement placed by someone who is trying to find a lover or a friend
  • lord chamberlain — (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household
  • lord howe island — an island in the S Pacific, E of Australia: a dependency of New South Wales. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km).
  • lords-and-ladies — (used with a singular verb) cuckoopint.
  • man of few words — man who speaks very little
  • man of the world — a man who is widely experienced in the ways of the world and people; an urbane, sophisticated man.
  • manhood suffrage — the right of adult male citizens to vote
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