15-letter words containing d, r, y, h, o
- have a derry on — to have a prejudice or grudge against
- hay conditioner — either of two machines, one designed to crush stems of hay, the other to break and bend them, in order to cause more rapid and even drying
- hedge your bets — play it safe, lessen a risk
- hemadynamometer — An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury.
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- hexahydrothymol — menthol.
- holiday traffic — increased road traffic during holiday periods and public holidays
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- hughes syndrome — a condition of the autoimmune system caused by antibodies reacting against phospholipids, leading to thrombosis
- 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
- 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.
- hydrogen iodide — a colorless gas, HI, having a suffocating odor: the anhydride of hydriodic acid.
- 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.
- hydrosulphurous — relating to or derived from hydrosulphurous acid
- hydroxonium ion — a positive ion, H3O+, formed by the attachment of a proton to a water molecule: occurs in solutions of acids and behaves like a hydrogen ion
- 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.
- hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
- hyperthyroidism — overactivity of the thyroid gland.
- 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.
- ichthyodorulite — a spiny plate located on the tail and back of some fish or similar vertebrates
- ichthyodorylite — a fossilised fish-spine
- identity theory — a form of materialism which holds mental states to be identical with certain states of the brain and so to have no separate existence, but regards this identity as contingent so that mentalistic and physicalistic language are not held to be synonymous
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- kailyard school — a school of writers describing homely life in Scotland, with much use of Scottish dialect: in vogue toward the close of the 19th century.
- kaleyard school — a group of writers who depicted the sentimental and homely aspects of life in the Scottish Lowlands from about 1880 to 1914. The best known contributor to the school was J. M. Barrie
- labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- methyl chloride — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
- nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
- nizhny novgorod — city in central European Russia, at the Volga & Oka rivers: pop. 1,438,000
- noncreditworthy — Not creditworthy.