16-letter words containing e, l, a, p, h, i
- dual citizenship — Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
- earthly paradise — Bible: Garden of Eden
- electrotherapist — One who administers electrotherapy.
- encephalitogenic — That can cause encephalitis.
- encephalographic — Relating to, or employing encephalography.
- encephalomalacia — (medicine) A localized softening of the brain substance, due to hemorrhage or inflammation.
- english-speaking — speaking English as a mother tongue
- epigallocatechin — Gallocatechol.
- epiphenomenalism — (philosophy, psychology, uncountable) The doctrine that mental states and processes are simply incidental effects of physiological events in the brain or nervous system and cannot themselves cause any effects in the material world.
- episcopal church — an autonomous branch of the Anglican Communion in Scotland and the US
- ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
- exponential horn — a horn for the radiation of acoustic or high-frequency electromagnetic waves, of which the cross-sectional area increases exponentially with the length
- fat-tailed sheep — one of a class of sheep with much fat along the sides of the tail bones, raised for their meat and widely distributed in southeast Europe, northern Africa, and Asia.
- flash in the pan — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flying phalanger — any of various small phalangers of Australia and New Guinea, having a parachutelike fold of skin on each side of the body to give gliding assistance in leaping.
- follicular phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, from onset of menstruation to ovulation.
- french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
- galenic pharmacy — the art or practice of preparing and dispensing galenicals.
- general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
- geomorphological — Of or pertaining to geomorphology.
- graphic language — For specifying graphic operations.
- growth potential — capability of expanding
- half life period — Physics. the time required for one half the atoms of a given amount of a radioactive substance to disintegrate.
- happenstantially — (rare) By happenstance; occurring due to random chance.
- hayes-compatible — (communications) A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
- heads-up display — an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. Abbreviation: HUD.
- health inspector — a public employee who inspects places such as restaurants, shops, factories etc to make sure they are hygienic and do not pose any dangers to health
- heliotherapeutic — Pertaining to heliotherapy.
- hermaphroditical — Alternative form of hermaphroditic.
- herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
- heteropalindrome — Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap.
- hieroglyphically — In hieroglyphics.
- hierophantically — In a hierophantic manner; in the manner of a hierophant.
- high-pass filter — a filter that allows high-frequency electromagnetic signals to pass while rejecting or attenuating others below a specific value.
- himachal pradesh — a state in N India. 21,495 sq. mi. (55,673 sq. km). Capital: Shimla.
- horizontal plane — flat surface parallel to the horizon
- hospital corners — 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 service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
- humanly possible — feasible, practical
- hybrid perpetual — a type of cultivated rose bred from varieties having vigorous growth and more or less recurrent bloom.
- hyperchlorhydria — excessive secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
- hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.
- hyperlipoidaemia — Alt form hyperlipoidemia.
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperperistalsis — the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system, especially the alimentary canal, by which the contents are forced through the system.
- hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hypervariability — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.