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15-letter words containing a, p, e, l, i, n

  • golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • grecian profile — a profile distinguished by the absence of the hollow between the upper ridge of the nose and the forehead, thereby forming a straight line.
  • greenfield park — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
  • halting problem — The problem of determining in advance whether a particular program or algorithm will terminate or run forever. The halting problem is the canonical example of a provably unsolvable problem. Obviously any attempt to answer the question by actually executing the algorithm or simulating each step of its execution will only give an answer if the algorithm under consideration does terminate, otherwise the algorithm attempting to answer the question will itself run forever. Some special cases of the halting problem are partially solvable given sufficient resources. For example, if it is possible to record the complete state of the execution of the algorithm at each step and the current state is ever identical to some previous state then the algorithm is in a loop. This might require an arbitrary amount of storage however. Alternatively, if there are at most N possible different states then the algorithm can run for at most N steps without looping. A program analysis called termination analysis attempts to answer this question for limited kinds of input algorithm.
  • hardy perennial — a plant that lasts three seasons or more and that can withstand freezing temperatures
  • hip replacement — a surgical procedure involving replacing the hip joint with an artificial implant
  • holding pattern — a traffic pattern for aircraft at a specified location (holding point) where they are ordered to remain until permitted to land or proceed.
  • hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
  • hung parliament — a parliament that does not have a party with a working majority
  • hunting leopard — the cheetah.
  • hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
  • hyper-emotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
  • hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
  • hypercalcinuria — Condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism.
  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • hyperpolarizing — Present participle of hyperpolarize.
  • hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
  • hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
  • hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
  • hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
  • hypoinsulinemia — (medicine) An abnormally low level of insulin in the blood.
  • hypolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from C to C, with the final on F.
  • hypoventilating — Present participle of hypoventilate.
  • hypoventilation — Breathing at an abnormally slow rate, resulting in an increased amount of carbon dioxide in the blood.
  • impenetrability — the state or quality of being impenetrable.
  • imperial gallon — a British gallon used in liquid and dry measurement equivalent to 1.2 U.S. gallons, or 4.54 liters.
  • imperviableness — the state of being imperviable
  • implausibleness — The quality of being implausible.
  • implementations — Plural form of implementation.
  • implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
  • imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
  • impregnableness — The state of being impregnable; impregnability.
  • in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
  • in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
  • inapprehensible — That cannot be apprehended; not apprehensible to or graspable by either body or mind.
  • inappropriately — not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.
  • indian elephant — See under elephant.
  • indisciplinable — unable to be disciplined or corrected by discipline
  • inescapableness — The quality of being inescapable.
  • inexplicability — not explicable; incapable of being accounted for or explained.
  • infeasible path — dead code
  • inferior planet — either of the two planets whose orbits are inside the orbit of the earth: Venus and Mercury.
  • inseparableness — The quality or state of being inseparable.
  • instalment plan — agreed series of repayments
  • insulating tape — adhesive tape, impregnated with a moisture-repelling substance, used to insulate exposed electrical conductors
  • insuperableness — The quality of being insuperable or insurmountable; insuperability.
  • inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • interdependable — capable of being depended on; worthy of trust; reliable: a dependable employee.
  • internal spline — any one of a series of grooves in a mating part into which external splines fit to prevent movement between two parts, esp in transmitting torque
  • interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
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