14-letter words containing d, o, n, h
- humidification — to make humid.
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- hunting ground — a section or area for hunting game.
- hydrocortisone — Biochemistry. a steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 5 , of the adrenal cortex, active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
- hydrodynamical — Hydrodynamic.
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hydronephrosis — dilation of the branches and pelvic cavity of the kidney, caused by an accumulation of urine resulting from obstruction of normal outflow.
- hydronephrotic — of, relating to, or affected by hydronephrosis
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hydroponically — Using hydroponics.
- hydroxybenzene — phenol (def 1).
- hydroxybenzoic — (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to hydroxybenzoic acid or its derivatives.
- hydroxyproline — a nutritionally nonessential amino acid, C 5 H 9 NO 3 , found chiefly in collagen.
- hypermodernism — a hypermodern approach or theory
- hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
- hypomixolydian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the last of the eight scales
- hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
- in holy orders — ordained
- in other words — that is to say
- in short order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- instead of sth — If you do one thing instead of another, you do the first thing and not the second thing, as the result of a choice or a change of behaviour.
- inverted chord — a chord in which the notes are transposed such that the root, originally in the bass, is placed in an upper part.
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- jelly doughnut — a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.
- john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
- john of leyden — Lucas van Leyden.
- kedleston hall — a mansion near Derby in Derbyshire: rebuilt (1759–65) for the Curzon family by Matthew Brettingham, James Paine, and Robert Adam
- kinetheodolite — a type of theodolite containing a cine camera instead of a telescope and giving continuous film of a moving target together with a record of its altitude and azimuth: used in tracking a missile, satellite, etc
- labyrinthodont — any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth.
- land of beulah — (in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress) the peaceful land in which the pilgrim awaits the call to the Celestial City.
- left-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the left or port side.
- lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
- maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
- mandibulohyoid — (anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch.
- medal of honor — The Medal of Honor is a medal that is given to members of the U.S. armed forces who have shown special courage or bravery in battle.
- methanoic acid — systematic name for formic acid
- methodicalness — The property of being methodical.
- michael jordan — Barbara Charline, 1936–96, U.S. politician.
- mind the store — to tend to business
- model checking — (theory, algorithm, testing) To algorithmically check whether a program (the model) satisfies a specification. The model is usually expressed as a directed graph consisting of nodes (or vertices) and edges. A set of atomic propositions is associated with each node. The nodes represents states of a program, the edges represent possible executions which alters the state, while the atomic propositions represent the basic properties that hold at a point of execution. A specification language, usually some kind of temporal logic, is used to express properties. The problem can be expressed mathematically as: given a temporal logic formula p and a model M with initial state s, decide if M,s \models p.
- modern english — the English language since c1475.
- monosaccharide — a carbohydrate that does not hydrolyze, as glucose, fructose, or ribose, occurring naturally or obtained by the hydrolysis of glycosides or polysaccharides.
- nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
- neanderthaloid — resembling or characteristic of the physical type of Neanderthal man.