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15-letter words containing c, h, r, o

  • horticulturists — Plural form of horticulturist.
  • 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
  • housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
  • hovering accent — indeterminacy as to which of two consecutive syllables in a line of verse bears the metrical stress, as in any of the first three feet of Slow, slow, / fresh fount, / keep time / with my / salt tears.
  • human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
  • hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
  • hyaluronic acid — a mucopolysaccharide serving as a viscous medium in the tissues of the body and as a lubricant in joints.
  • hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
  • hydraulic motor — a motor that converts the kinetic or potential energy of a fluid into mechanical energy.
  • hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
  • hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
  • hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
  • hydropathically — in a hydropathic manner; in a manner relating to hydropathy
  • hydrostatically — In a hydrostatic manner.
  • hydroxycoumarin — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of coumarin, some of which are the basis of pharmaceuticals.
  • hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
  • hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
  • hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
  • hyperbolic sine — 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; sinh
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
  • hypercorrection — the substitution, in an inappropriate context, of a pronunciation, grammatical form, or usage thought by the speaker or writer to be appropriate, resulting usually from overgeneralizing in an effort to replace seemingly incorrect forms with correct ones, as the substitution of between you and I for between you and me, by analogy with you and I as the subject of a sentence.
  • hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
  • hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
  • hypersomnolence — sleepy; drowsy.
  • hyperweak force — a hypothetical force that transforms quarks into leptons and vice versa at high energies.
  • 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.
  • hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
  • hypochondriasis — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
  • hypocortisolism — (medicine) A cortisol deficiency.
  • hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
  • hystricomorphic — relating to a suborder of rodents
  • ichthyodorulite — a spiny plate located on the tail and back of some fish or similar vertebrates
  • ichthyodorylite — a fossilised fish-spine
  • ideographically — an ideogram.
  • immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
  • inch of mercury — a unit of atmospheric pressure, being the pressure equal to that exerted by a column of mercury one inch high under standard conditions of temperature and gravity: 33.864 millibars. Abbreviation: in. Hg.
  • incomprehension — lack of comprehension or understanding: The audience listened politely but with incomprehension.
  • incomprehensive — not comprehensive.
  • indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
  • inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
  • ionospherically — by the ionosphere
  • ironstone china — a tough durable earthenware
  • jacob ben asher — c1269–c1340, Hebrew commentator on the Bible and codifier of Jewish law.
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