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15-letter words containing h, a, c, i, o

  • gregorian chant — the plain song or cantus firmus used in the ritual of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • gynandromorphic — (of an organism) Having male and female characteristics.
  • hacking x for y — [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user. This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various fields. On display, two of these fields were always combined into a project description of the form "Hacking X for Y" (e.g. ""Hacking perceptrons for Minsky""). This form of description became traditional and has since been carried over to other systems with more general facilities for self-advertisement (such as Unix plan files).
  • haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
  • han unification — Han character
  • hanging offence — a crime that is punishable by hanging
  • harmonic motion — periodic motion consisting of one or more vibratory motions that are symmetric about a region of equilibrium, as the motion of a vibrating string of a musical instrument.
  • harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
  • have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
  • 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
  • heart condition — cardiac disorder
  • heat-conducting — able to conduct heat or whose function is to conduct heat
  • heat-conduction — the transfer of thermal energy between molecules
  • hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
  • heliometrically — By means of, or in terms of, heliometry.
  • hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
  • hemicraniectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the cranium to enable brain surgery; hemicraniotomy.
  • hemochromatosis — a rare metabolic disorder characterized by a bronzed skin, cirrhosis, and severe diabetes, caused by the deposit in tissue, especially of the liver and pancreas, of hemosiderin and other pigments containing iron.
  • hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
  • hepaticological — of or relating to hepaticology
  • hepatocarcinoma — (pathology) cancer of the liver.
  • heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
  • heterocercality — the condition or state of having a heterocercal tail
  • heterochromatic — of, having, or pertaining to more than one color.
  • heterochromatin — the dense, highly stainable part of a chromosome.
  • heteroscedastic — (of several distributions) having different variances
  • hibernicization — the process or act of making Irish
  • histochemically — In a histochemical manner.
  • histopathologic — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
  • historical cost — The historical cost of an asset is its original cost when it was first acquired by a company.
  • historicization — Act or process of historicizing.
  • historiographic — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
  • hit the jackpot — the chief prize or the cumulative stakes in a game or contest, as in bingo, a quiz contest, or a slot machine.
  • hitchcock chair — a side chair of the early 19th century that has turned legs, a turned crest rail, and one or more slats in the back, and that is painted or stenciled in colors or gold on black.
  • holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
  • holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
  • holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
  • holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc
  • holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
  • holiday traffic — increased road traffic during holiday periods and public holidays
  • holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
  • holographically — In a holographic way.
  • homeopathically — By means of homeopathy.
  • homeostatically — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
  • homing guidance — a method of missile guidance in which internal equipment enables it to steer itself onto the target, as by sensing the target's heat radiation
  • 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.
  • horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
  • horticulturally — With respect to horticulture.
  • 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.
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