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14-letter words containing e, y, i

  • holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
  • holiday season — period: November to January
  • holy of holies — a place of special sacredness.
  • holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
  • homework diary — a record of homework that has been set
  • honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.
  • huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
  • humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
  • hungry viewkit — (operating system, library)   A C++ class library for developing Motif application programs (although this restriction will be lifted once LessTif is finished). It follows the API of the Iris(tm) ViewKit, put out by SGI. The Hungry ViewKit is a superset of the Iris ViewKit, so any code developed for the Iris version will work with the Hungry version, but possibly not vice versa.
  • hybrid testing — (testing)   A combination of top-down testing with bottom-up testing of prioritised or available components.
  • hybrid vehicle — A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle using two different forms of power, such as an electric motor and an internal combustion engine, or an electric motor with a battery and fuel cells for energy storage.
  • hybrid warfare — a military strategy in which conventional warfare is integrated with tactics such as covert operations and cyberattacks
  • hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
  • hydrocephaloid — resembling hydrocephalus.
  • hydrochlorides — Plural form of hydrochloride.
  • hydrocortisone — Biochemistry. a steroid hormone, C 21 H 30 O 5 , of the adrenal cortex, active in carbohydrate and protein metabolism.
  • 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
  • hydroperoxides — Plural form of hydroperoxide.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hydroxyapatite — a mineral, Ca 10 (PO 4) 6 OH 2 , that is the principal storage form of calcium and phosphorus in bone.
  • 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.
  • hyper-feminine — pertaining to a woman or girl: feminine beauty; feminine dress.
  • hyper-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
  • hyperaesthesia — an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.
  • hyperaesthesic — relating to an extreme capacity for feeling
  • hyperbarically — in a hyperbaric manner
  • hyperbatically — in a hyperbatic manner
  • hyperbolically — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
  • hypercalcaemia — a heightened level of calcium in the blood
  • hypercalcaemic — of or relating to hypercalcaemia
  • hypercalciuria — an abnormally high amount of calcium in the urine.
  • hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
  • hyperchromatic — Hyperchromic.
  • hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
  • hypercivilized — Very highly civilized.
  • hyperconscious — acutely aware.
  • hypercriticism — criticism that is carping or unduly harsh.
  • hypercriticize — To criticize with unjust severity.
  • hyperefficient — more efficient than normal
  • hyperemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
  • hyperenergetic — extremely or excessively energetic
  • hypereutectoid — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
  • hyperexcitable — an excessive reaction to stimuli.
  • hyperexcretion — excessive excretion
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