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15-letter words containing d, o, a

  • hook of holland — a cape and the harbor it forms in the SW Netherlands.
  • horned oak gall — a small, round tumor, formed around wasp eggs laid in the branches of a pin oak tree, that disrupts the flow of nutrients to the tree, with consequent defoliation and death.
  • horned screamer — a screamer, Anhima cornuta, of tropical South America, having a long, slender hornlike process projecting from the forehead.
  • horse latitudes — the latitudes near 30°N or 30°S at sea, characterized by baffling winds, calms, and high barometric pressure
  • horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
  • hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • hot-dip coating — the process of coating sheets of iron or steel with molten zinc.
  • how do you mean — If you say 'How do you mean?' to someone, you are asking them to explain or give more details of what they have just said.
  • human condition — mortality
  • humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
  • hunting leopard — the cheetah.
  • 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 antibody — a synthetic antibody that is able to combine with two different antigens
  • 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.
  • hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
  • hydropathically — in a hydropathic manner; in a manner relating to hydropathy
  • hydrostatically — In a hydrostatic manner.
  • hydroxybutyrate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid.
  • hydroxycoumarin — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of coumarin, some of which are the basis of pharmaceuticals.
  • hydroxylapatite — Alternative spelling of hydroxyapatite.
  • hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
  • hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
  • hyperlipoidemia — An abnormally high level of lipoids in the blood.
  • 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.
  • hypodorian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from A to A, with the final on D.
  • hypoionian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from G to G, with the final on C.
  • 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.
  • identifications — Plural form of identification.
  • ideographically — an ideogram.
  • idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
  • immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
  • immunodiagnosis — serodiagnosis.
  • immunomodulator — a substance that affects the functioning of the immune system
  • imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
  • in a (bad) spot — in a bad situation; in trouble
  • in a good light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
  • in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
  • in the hands of — under the control of
  • in the old days — a long time ago
  • in your dreams! — You say `In your dreams!' when you think that what someone wants is never going to happen or be true.
  • in-and-out bond — a stonework or brickwork bond having headers and stretchers alternating vertically.
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