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16-letter words containing h, i, a

  • hamiltonian tour — Hamiltonian problem
  • hammerstein (ii) — Oscar1895-1960; U.S. librettist & lyricist of musical comedies
  • 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.
  • hamming, richard — Richard Hamming
  • hamstring injury — an instance of physical damage to a person's hamstring
  • handling charges — a fee paid to cover the packaging, transport, etc, of a commodity
  • hang around with — to associate or socialize with
  • hanging wardrobe — a wardrobe containing a rail with a large amount of space underneath, so that clothes can be hung on hangers placed onto the rail
  • hanseatic league — a medieval league of towns of northern Germany and adjacent countries for the promotion and protection of commerce.
  • hansen's disease — leprosy.
  • happenstantially — (rare) By happenstance; occurring due to random chance.
  • haptic interface — (interface, hardware)   A touch interface to a computer that provides feedback, such as a data glove.
  • hard put (to it) — having considerable difficulty or trouble
  • hard rock mining — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
  • hard times token — any of a series of U.S. copper tokens, issued 1834–41, bearing a political inscription or advertising message and serving as currency during coin shortages.
  • harleian library — a large library of manuscripts collected by the British statesman Robert Harley and his son and now housed in the British Museum.
  • harvard graphics — (graphics, tool)   A presentation graphics product by Software Publishing Corporation (SPC) for creating presentations, speeches, slides, etc..
  • harvest festival — religious celebration of crops gathered
  • harvey firestoneHarvey Samuel, 1868–1938, U.S. industrialist and rubber manufacturer.
  • haussmannization — Georges Eugène [zhawrzh œ-zhen] /ʒɔrʒ œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1809–91, French administrator who improved the landscaping, street designs, and utilities systems of Paris.
  • have a big mouth — to speak indiscreetly, loudly, or excessively
  • have a field day — If someone is having a field day, they are very busy doing something that they enjoy, even though it may be hurtful for other people.
  • have a good time — enjoy yourself, have fun
  • have a hard time — experience difficulties
  • have a talk with — discuss
  • have a word with — discuss
  • have in the wind — to be in the act of following (quarry) by scent
  • have issues with — If someone has issues with a particular aspect of their life, they have problems connected with it.
  • have no business — an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
  • have no time for — not tolerate
  • haversian system — a Haversian canal and the series of concentric bony plates surrounding it.
  • hawaiian gardens — a town in SW California.
  • hawksbill turtle — a sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, the shell of which is the source of tortoise shell: an endangered species.
  • hayes-compatible — (communications)   A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
  • head post office — the main post office in a town
  • headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
  • headmistressship — (rare) Alternative form of headmistress-ship.
  • 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 authority — a government agency that is responsible for NHS care in a particular area
  • health education — education that aims to give people the information they need to live healthily
  • 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
  • health insurance — insurance that compensates the insured for expenses or loss incurred for medical reasons, as through illness or hospitalization.
  • health-conscious — having an active interest in one's health
  • hearing-impaired — having reduced or deficient hearing ability; hard-of-hearing: special programs for hearing-impaired persons.
  • hearsay evidence — testimony based on what a witness has heard from another person rather than on direct personal knowledge or experience.
  • heat of reaction — the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a product is formed at constant pressure
  • heat of solution — the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance dissolves completely in a large volume of solvent
  • heat prostration — heat exhaustion.
  • heating engineer — a person whose job is to install and maintain equipment used for heating buildings
  • heavier-than-air — (of an aircraft) weighing more than the air that it displaces, hence having to obtain lift by aerodynamic means.
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