16-letter words containing h, i, g, e

high-speed steel — an especially hard, heat-resistant steel for use in lathe tools and for other applications involving high friction and wear.
high/great hopes — If you have high hopes or great hopes that something will happen, you are confident that it will happen.
higher criticism — the study of the Bible having as its object the establishment of such facts as authorship and date of composition, as well as determination of a basis for exegesis.
higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
historiographies — Plural form of historiography.
home heating oil — fuel oil for domestic central heating
homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
homogenized milk — milk in which the fat globules are evenly distributed
honeymoon bridge — any of several varieties of bridge for two players.
horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
horsehair fungus — an edible white, striated, umbrella-capped mushroom, Marasmius rotula, commonly found in eastern North America.
horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
houphouet-boigny — Félix [French fey-leeks] /French feɪˈliks/ (Show IPA), 1905–1993, Ivory Coast political leader: president 1960–93.
hourglass figure — the shape of a woman who is well-proportioned and has a small waist
household knight — bachelor (def 5).
household-knight — an unmarried man.
housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
huffman encoding — Huffman coding
huntington beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
huygens eyepiece — an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses, the plane sides of which both face the eye.
hydrogen bromide — a colorless gas, HBr, having a pungent odor: the anhydride of hydrobromic acid.
hydrogen cyanide — a colorless poisonous gas, HCN, having a bitter almondlike odor: in aqueous solution it forms hydrocyanic acid.
hydrogen sulfide — a colorless, flammable, water-soluble, cumulatively poisonous gas, H 2 S, having the odor of rotten eggs: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as a reagent in laboratory analysis.
hydrologic cycle — the natural sequence through which water passes into the atmosphere as water vapor, precipitates to earth in liquid or solid form, and ultimately returns to the atmosphere through evaporation.
hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
hyperintelligent — having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals: an intelligent student.
hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
hypnagogic image — an image experienced by a person just before falling asleep, which often resembles a hallucination
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.
import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
in plain english — in clear and simple language
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 limelight — prominent, featured in the news
in the long haul — in a future time
in the long term — You use the expressions in the long term, in the short term, and in the medium term to talk about what will happen over a long period of time, over a short period of time, and over a medium period of time.
in the region of — You say in the region of to indicate that an amount that you are stating is approximate.
in the slightest — at all
in the spotlight — prominently featured
indecency charge — an accusation of committing indecency
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.
javelin throwing — the sport of throwing the javelin
john wheelwright — John, 1592?–1679, English clergyman in America.
johnny foreigner — a person from a country other than those which make up the United Kingdom
junior flyweight — a boxer weighing up to 108 pounds (48.6 kg), between minimumweight and flyweight.

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