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15-letter words containing e, n, s, h, r, i

  • hip measurement — a measurement around the hips at the level of the buttocks used in clothing and assessing general health
  • 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.
  • horror-stricken — Horror-stricken means the same as horror-struck.
  • 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.
  • housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
  • hovering vessel — a vessel in territorial waters apparently collaborating in illicit operations.
  • human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
  • huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
  • hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
  • hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
  • hyperanakinesia — abnormally active mechanical movement, especially of the stomach or intestine.
  • hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
  • hyperextensible — Capable of being stretched and extended.
  • hyperinsulinism — excessive insulin in the blood, resulting in hypoglycemia.
  • hyperovarianism — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
  • hyperresponsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
  • hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
  • hypersensitized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersensitize.
  • hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
  • hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
  • immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
  • in (the) grease — fat and ready to be killed
  • in all weathers — If you say that someone does something in all weathers, you mean that they do it regularly whether the weather is good or bad.
  • in harness with — in cooperation with
  • 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.
  • in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
  • in the universe — If you say that something is, for example, the best or biggest thing of its kind in the universe, you are emphasizing that you think it is bigger or better than anything else of its kind.
  • inapprehensible — That cannot be apprehended; not apprehensible to or graspable by either body or mind.
  • incomprehension — lack of comprehension or understanding: The audience listened politely but with incomprehension.
  • incomprehensive — not comprehensive.
  • indirect speech — Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, 'They said you didn't like it', 'I asked him what his plans were', and 'Citizens complained about the smoke'.
  • ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
  • inside straight — Poker. a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
  • interior salish — in Canada, a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
  • interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
  • inverness-shire — (until 1975) a county of NW Scotland, now part of Highland
  • ionospherically — by the ionosphere
  • ironstone china — a tough durable earthenware
  • irreprehensible — Not reprehensible, blameless, without blame; innocent.
  • irreprehensibly — in an irreprehensible manner
  • isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
  • ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
  • jewish calendar — the lunisolar calendar used by the Jews, in which time is reckoned from 3761 bc: regarded as the year of the Creation. The months, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, Elul, Tishri, Cheshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, and Adar, have either 29 or 30 days. Originally a new month was declared when the new moon was sighted in Jerusalem, but when this became impossible, a complex formula was devised to keep Rosh Chodesh near to the new moon. In addition, to keep the harvest festivals in the right seasons, there is a Metonic cycle of 14 years, in five of which an additional month is added after Shevat. The year according to biblical reckoning begins with Nisan, and the civil year begins with Tishri; the years are numbered from Tishri
  • jewish princess — JAP.
  • john j pershing — John Joseph ("Blackjack") 1860–1948, U.S. general: commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
  • joint ownership — sharing of property
  • judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • kentish tracery — tracery, originating in Kent in the 14th century, having cusps with split ends.
  • kincardineshire — a former county in E Scotland.
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