15-letter words containing a, n, h, y
- lymphogranuloma — any of certain diseases characterized by granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes.
- machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
- magnetorheology — the study of the relationships between the particle and fluid properties of magnetic suspensions.
- mahogany family — the plant family Meliaceae, characterized by tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs having alternate, pinnate leaves, usually branched clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or leathery capsule, and including the chinaberry, cedars of the genus Cedrela, and mahoganies of the genera Swietenia and Khaya.
- malayan camphor — borneol.
- malpighian body — Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.
- masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
- maundy thursday — the Thursday of Holy Week, commemorating Jesus' Last Supper and His washing of the disciples' feet upon that day.
- mechanistically — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- melancholically — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- methylphenidate — a central nervous system stimulant, C 1 4 H 1 9 NO 2 , used in the control of hyperkinetic syndromes and narcolepsy.
- methylpropanone — (organic compound) The industrial solvent butanone.
- microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
- monkey, scratch — scratch monkey
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- monomethylamine — methylamine.
- moreton bay ash — an Australian eucalyptus tree, E. tessellaris, having drooping branches and grey bark
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- mythologization — The act or process of mythologizing.
- nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
- natural history — the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.
- nearly-new shop — a shop that sells secondhand clothes and other objects
- netzahualcoyotl — a city in S central Mexico, in the state of Mexico.
- neurochemically — In a neurochemical manner or context.
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- north bay shore — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- northcountryman — a native or inhabitant of the North of England
- northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
- northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
- nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
- ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- on the contrary — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
- ordinary shares — British. a share of common stock.
- orthodontically — from an orthodontic point of view
- oxyphenbutazone — an anti-inflammatory treatment for arthritis or bursitis
- pachymeningitis — inflammation of the dura mater of the brain and spinal cord
- palaeontography — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the description of fossils
- parenthetically — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- pattypan squash — a flat, whitish variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo melopepo, having a scalloped edge.
- payment holiday — a break taken from paying ( a debt etc) back
- pentaerythritol — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 1 2 O 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of alkyd resins, varnishes, plasticizers, and explosives.