0%

17-letter words containing c, h, i, p, e

  • despotic monarchy — absolute monarchy.
  • dialect geography — linguistic geography
  • dielectrophoresis — Dielectrophoresis is the movement of uncharged particles (= ones with no electrical charge) when a changing electric field is applied.
  • diphenylacetylene — tolan.
  • displacement hull — a hull that displaces a significant volume of water when under way.
  • doberman pinscher — one of a German breed of medium-sized, short-haired dogs having a black, brown, or blue coat with rusty brown markings.
  • echocardiographer — A person who performs echocardiography.
  • echocardiographic — Of or pertaining to echocardiography.
  • ehelp corporation — (company)   A vendor of Microsoft Windows application development tools such as RoboHELP and RoboDemo. EHelp were formerly (around 1997) Blue Sky Software. Address: 7777 Fay Avenue, Suite 201, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. Telephone: +1-800-793-0364, +1 (619) 459 6365. Fax: +1 (619) 459 6366.
  • electromyographic — Using electromyography.
  • electrophysiology — The branch of physiology that deals with the electrical phenomena associated with nervous and other bodily activity.
  • encephalomyelitic — Relating to encephalomyelitis.
  • encephalomyelitis — Inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, typically due to acute viral infection.
  • exception handler — Special code which is called when an exception occurs during the execution of a program. If the programmer does not provide a handler for a given exception, a built-in system exception handler will usually be called resulting in abortion of the program run and some kind of error indication being returned to the user. Examples of exception handler mechanisms are Unix's signal calls and Lisp's catch and throw.
  • exceptional child — a gifted child
  • fee-paying school — a school which charges fees to parents of pupils
  • french provincial — noting, pertaining to, or resembling a style of furnishings and decoration originating in the provinces of France in the 18th century, derived from but less ornate than styles then current in Paris and featuring simply carved wood furniture, often with decorative curved moldings.
  • geographical mile — nautical mile.
  • glymphatic system — Anatomy. the system or process by which cerebrospinal fluid moves through channels formed by glia, cleansing the mammalian brain of harmful waste.
  • graphic equalizer — an equalizer in an audio system that is controlled by sliders that show graphically and correct the frequency response within the preset frequency range.
  • green peach aphid — an aphid, Myzus persicae, that is a pest of many fruit trees, ornamentals, and vegetables and a vector of certain viral plant diseases.
  • handicap register — a list of the disabled people in its area that a local authority had a duty to compile under the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970
  • helicopter parent — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
  • heptanedioic acid — pimelic acid.
  • homeopathic magic — magic that attempts to control the universe through the mimicking of a desired event, as by stabbing an image of an enemy in an effort to destroy him or her or by performing a ritual dance imitative of the growth of food in an effort to secure an abundant supply; a branch of sympathetic magic based on the belief that similar actions produce similar results.
  • housekeeping cart — A housekeeping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is used by a cleaner in a hotel to move clean bed linen, towels, and cleaning equipment.
  • humpbacked bridge — A humpbacked bridge or humpback bridge is a short and very curved bridge with a shape similar to a semi-circle.
  • huygens principle — the principle that all points on a wave front of light are sources of secondary waves and that surfaces tangential to these waves define the position of the wave front at any point in time.
  • huygens' eyepiece — a telescope eyepiece consisting of two planoconvex lenses separated by a distance equal to half the sum of their focal lengths, which are in the ratio of three to one, and oriented so that their curved surfaces face the incident light
  • hydrotherapeutics — hydrotherapy.
  • hyperbolic cosine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; cosh
  • hyperbolic secant — a hyperbolic function that is the reciprocal of cosh; sech
  • hyperbolic spiral — rθ = a, (where a is a constant)
  • hyperchlorination — Chemistry. to combine or treat with chlorine. to introduce chlorine atoms into an organic compound by an addition or substitution reaction.
  • hyperconnectivity — Hyperconnectivity is the use of many systems and devices so that you are always connected to social networks and other sources of information.
  • hyperexcitability — an excessive reaction to stimuli.
  • hyperintellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
  • hypocholesteremia — an abnormally low amount of cholesterol in the blood.
  • hypodermic needle — a hollow needle used to inject solutions subcutaneously.
  • hypovolemic shock — a type of shock caused by reduced blood volume, as from massive bleeding or dehydration.
  • immunotherapeutic — (immunology, medicine) Of a pharmaceutical, acting on the immune system to treat disease; used in immunotherapy.
  • in the process of — If you are in the process of doing something, you have started to do it and are still doing it.
  • in the public eye — featured prominently in the media
  • in there pitching — taking part with enthusiasm
  • incomprehensively — In an incomprehensive manner.
  • indecipherability — Quality of being indecipherable.
  • independence hall — the building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
  • iontophoretically — By means of iontophoresis.
  • kick in the pants — a reprimand or scolding designed to produce greater effort, enthusiasm, etc, in the person receiving it
  • kitchen appliance — a machine intended for use in the kitchen, such as a fridge or a food processor
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?