15-letter words containing a, n, i, h, l, t
- hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
- hypnotisability — Alternative spelling of hypnotizability.
- hypnotizability — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- hypoventilating — Present participle of hypoventilate.
- hypoventilation — Breathing at an abnormally slow rate, resulting in an increased amount of carbon dioxide in the blood.
- identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
- immunopathology — the study of diseases having an immunologic or allergic basis.
- in a good light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- in all weathers — If you say that someone does something in all weathers, you mean that they do it regularly whether the weather is good or bad.
- in nothing flat — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
- in the old days — a long time ago
- inauthentically — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- indian elephant — See under elephant.
- indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
- infants' school — kindergarten.
- infeasible path — dead code
- inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- interchangeable — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- interior salish — in Canada, a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
- interphalangeal — Between phalanges, as with an interphalangeal joint.
- interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
- isolation booth — a soundproof booth located within a television studio, used to prevent the occupant, usually a contestant in a game show, from hearing certain parts of the show.
- isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
- javelin thrower — a person who throws a javelin
- kinesthetically — In a kinesthetic way, or in terms of kinesthetics.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- label switching — (networking) A routing technique that uses information from existing IP routing protocols to identify IP datagrams with labels and forwards them to a modified switch or router, which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. Label switching combines the best attributes of data link layer (layer two) switching (as in ATM and Frame Relay) with the best attributes of network layer (layer three) routing (as in IP). Prior to the formation of the MPLS Working Group in 1997, a number of vendors had announced and/or implemented proprietary label switching.
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- lake saint john — a lake in Canada, in S Quebec: drained by the Saguenay River. Area: 971 sq km (375 sq miles)
- lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
- lake-saint-john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- las vegas night — an evening of casino-style gambling, usually sponsored by a charitable, religious, or other fund-raising organization.
- late in the day — in the evening
- lay it on thick — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lay on the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- left-hand drive — A left-hand drive vehicle has the steering wheel on the left side, and is designed to be used in countries where people drive on the right-hand side of the road.
- lethal mutation — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- lichenification — a leathery hardening of the skin, usually caused by chronic irritation.
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- lie of the land — the topography of the land
- light and shade — If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood.
- light in august — a novel (1932) by William Faulkner.
- lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.
- low bandwidth x — (networking) (LBX) An implementation of the X Window System designed to improve performance over ISDN, WAN, and serial lines.
- lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
- machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.