16-letter words containing h, a, t, i, n, g
- etiopathogenesis — (medicine) The cause and subsequent development of an abnormal condition or of a disease.
- faction fighting — dissension
- fantail goldfish — an artificially bred, hardy variety of goldfish, usually oval-shaped and deep orange or calico, with a deeply cleft, four-lobed tail held in line with the body.
- farmington hills — a city in SE Michigan.
- feather geranium — a Eurasian weed, Chenopodium botrys, of the amaranth family, having clusters of inconspicuous flowers and unpleasant smelling, lobed leaves.
- fifth-generation — denoting developments in computer design to produce machines with artificial intelligence
- fingertip search — When the police carry out a fingertip search of a place, they examine it for evidence in a very detailed way.
- flight attendant — an airline employee who serves meals, attends to passengers' comfort, etc., during a flight.
- flight formation — an arrangement of two or more airplanes flying together in a group, usually in a predetermined pattern.
- flight indicator — artificial horizon (def 3).
- forward-thinking — planning or tending to plan for the future; forward-looking.
- freight terminal — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
- glendale heights — a city in NE Illinois.
- glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
- gnu archive site — (body) The main GNU FTP archive is on gnu.org but copies ("mirrors") of some or all of the files there are also held on many other computers around the world. To avoid overloading gnu.org and the Internet you should FTP files from the machine closest to yours. Look for a directory like /pub/gnu, /mirrors/gnu, /systems/gnu or /archives/gnu.
- go into the tank — a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas: tanks for storing oil.
- great-grandchild — a grandchild of one's son or daughter.
- growth potential — capability of expanding
- gulf of thailand — an arm of the South China Sea between the Malay Peninsula and Indochina
- guy fawkes night — In Britain, Guy Fawkes Night is the evening of 5th November, when many people have parties with bonfires and fireworks. It began as a way of remembering the attempt by Guy Fawkes to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1605. Guy Fawkes Night is often referred to as 'Bonfire Night'.
- hacienda heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
- hamming distance — (data) The minimum number of bits that must be changed in order to convert one bit string into another. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming.
- hamstring injury — an instance of physical damage to a person's hamstring
- hang around with — to associate or socialize with
- hanseatic league — a medieval league of towns of northern Germany and adjacent countries for the promotion and protection of commerce.
- headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
- heating engineer — a person whose job is to install and maintain equipment used for heating buildings
- hemagglutinating — That causes hemagglutination.
- hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.
- hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
- herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
- high-maintenance — needing frequent maintenance or repair: My bike is high-maintenance; this is its third front wheel this month.
- higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
- home heating oil — fuel oil for domestic central heating
- housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
- hudsonian godwit — any of several large, widely distributed shorebirds of the genus Limosa, as the New World L. haemastica (Hudsonian godwit) having a long bill that curves upward slightly.
- huntington beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
- hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
- hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
- immunohematology — the study of blood and blood-forming tissue in relation to the immune response.
- in the aggregate — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
- in the long haul — in a future time
- inextinguishable — not extinguishable: an inextinguishable fire.
- inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
- into the bargain — an advantageous purchase, especially one acquired at less than the usual cost: The sale offered bargains galore.
- irrigation ditch — trench supplying land with water