15-letter words containing c, r, a, t, i, n
- heart condition — cardiac disorder
- heart-searching — a thorough examination of one's feelings and motives; a self-examination of one's conscience.
- hemicraniectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the cranium to enable brain surgery; hemicraniotomy.
- hepatocarcinoma — (pathology) cancer of the liver.
- heritage centre — a museum that houses exhibits describing the culture and history of a particular place and its inhabitants
- hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- heterochromatin — the dense, highly stainable part of a chromosome.
- hibernicization — the process or act of making Irish
- hip replacement — a surgical procedure involving replacing the hip joint with an artificial implant
- historicization — Act or process of historicizing.
- holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
- hoosier cabinet — a tall kitchen cabinet mass-produced during the early part of the 20th century, usually of oak, featuring an enameled work surface, storage bins, a flour sifter, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
- idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
- image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- in conversation — If you say that people are in conversation, you mean that they are talking together.
- in one's tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
- in the abstract — When you talk or think about something in the abstract, you talk or think about it in a general way, rather than considering particular things or events.
- incomparability — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- inconsideration — without due regard for the rights or feelings of others: It was inconsiderate of him to keep us waiting.
- incrementalists — Plural form of incrementalist.
- indicator board — a device that shows information, such as the arrival and departure times of trains or planes
- indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
- indirect demand — the secondary demand for labour, raw materials, premises etc which arises from the direct demand for goods
- indirect labour — work done in administration and sales rather than in the manufacturing of a product
- indiscretionary — lack of discretion; imprudence.
- ineradicability — the quality of being ineradicable
- inextricability — The condition of being inextricable.
- infrastructural — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- infrastructures — Plural form of infrastructure.
- inheritance tax — a tax levied on the right of an heir to receive a decedent's property, the rate being a percentage of the value of the property.
- inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
- inspection arms — a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.
- insurance agent — sb who sells insurance policies
- insurance stamp — an insurance contribution
- insurrectionary — of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
- inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- interambulacral — relating to, or situated between, interambulacra
- interambulacrum — the area between two of an echinoderm's ambulacra