12-letter words containing a, n, y, t, h, i
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hypersthenia — abnormal strength or tension
- hypnotically — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- hypomyotonia — abnormally diminished muscular tone.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hypoxanthine — a white, crystalline, almost water-soluble, alkaloidal purine derivative, C 5 H 4 N 4 O, found in animal and vegetable tissues: used chiefly in biochemical research.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- intrapsychic — Within the psyche or mind.
- iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
- keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- labyrinthian — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- naughty bits — genitals
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- nontyphoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
- philanthropy — altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.
- phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- phycoxanthin — a yellow pigment found in brown seaweeds and types of algae
- phytonadione — vitamin K1.
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- racing yacht — a yacht used in sailing races
- saccharinity — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- sanity check — (programming) 1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the algorithm itself. Compare reality check. 2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- starry night — a painting (1889) by Vincent van Gogh.
- sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- synaesthesia — synesthesia.
- synaesthesis — the harmonious combination of differing impulses arising from a work of art
- synaesthetic — synesthesia.