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15-letter words containing a, p, l, c, h, i

  • demographically — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
  • dephlogisticate — to reduce or remove inflammation from
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • diastrophically — in a diastrophic fashion
  • dolichocephalic — long-headed; having a cephalic index of 75 and under.
  • encephalization — (biology) the amount of brain mass exceeding that related to an animal's total body mass.
  • encephalopathic — Relating to encephalopathy.
  • euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
  • fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
  • fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • glossographical — relating to glossography
  • gramophonically — in a gramophonic manner
  • graph colouring — (application)   A constraint-satisfaction problem often used as a test case in research, which also turns out to be equivalent to certain real-world problems (e.g. register allocation). Given a connected graph and a fixed number of colours, the problem is to assign a colour to each node, subject to the constraint that any two connected nodes cannot be assigned the same colour. This is an example of an NP-complete problem. See also four colour map theorem.
  • graphic display — the way in which line drawings and text are displayed
  • graphologically — In terms of or by means of graphology.
  • hair specialist — an expert in the treatment and care of human hair
  • hardship clause — a clause in a contract which covers unforeseen events that would make it more difficult for one party to complete the contract, and in which case offers alternative terms
  • hepaticological — of or relating to hepaticology
  • hip replacement — a surgical procedure involving replacing the hip joint with an artificial implant
  • histopathologic — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
  • holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
  • holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
  • holographically — In a holographic way.
  • homeopathically — By means of homeopathy.
  • 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.
  • hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
  • hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
  • hydropathically — in a hydropathic manner; in a manner relating to hydropathy
  • hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
  • hypercalcinuria — Condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism.
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • hypercatalectic — (of a line of verse) containing an additional syllable after the last dipody or foot. Compare acatalectic (def 2), catalectic.
  • hypercritically — In a hypercritical manner.
  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
  • hypochlorhydria — (pathology) The presence of an insufficient amount of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
  • hypochondriacal — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
  • hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
  • ideographically — an ideogram.
  • inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • ionospherically — by the ionosphere
  • lead-pipe cinch — an absolute certainty: It's a lead-pipe cinch they'll be there.
  • lexicographical — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • 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.
  • lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
  • low archipelago — a group of French islands in the S Pacific. 332 sq. mi. (860 sq. km).
  • lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
  • mechanical pulp — groundwood pulp.
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