16-letter words containing h, i, g
- creeping thistle — a weedy Eurasian thistle, Cirsium arvense, common as a fast-spreading weed in the US
- crystallographic — of, relating to, or dealing with crystals or crystallography.
- cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
- dagwood sandwich — a thick sandwich filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, dressings, and condiments.
- data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
- daylight robbery — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery.
- dearborn heights — city in SE Mich.: suburb of Detroit: pop. 58,000
- debating chamber — a room where a legislative assembly holds debates
- dechristianizing — Present participle of dechristianize.
- deep-sea fishing — the activity of catching fish that live in the deep parts of the sea
- dental hygienist — a dentist's assistant skilled in dental hygiene
- deoxyhaemoglobin — (biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin that has released its oxygen.
- depending on sth — You use depending on when you are saying that something varies according to the circumstances mentioned.
- dephlogisticated — Simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate.
- dick whittington — Richard ("Dick") 1358?–1423, English merchant and philanthropist: Lord Mayor of London 1398, 1406–07, 1419–20.
- digital research — (company) The company which developed CP/M, the operating system used on many of the first generation 8-bit microprocessor-based personal computers. Digital Research also produced DR-DOS. Address: Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
- dimethylglyoxime — (organic compound) The oxime 2,3-butanedione dioxime that is used as a reagent in the analysis of nickel and palladium.
- diphthongisation — The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong).
- diphthongization — to change into or pronounce as a diphthong.
- discharging arch — an arch for taking some of the weight from a structural member beneath it.
- discographically — In terms of discography.
- disenfranchising — Present participle of disenfranchise.
- distinguishments — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- district heating — a heating system in which centrally generated heat is distributed via ducts and pipes to multiple buildings or locations
- double-clutching — (of a bird) to produce a second clutch of eggs after the first has been removed, usually for hatching in an incubator.
- drainage channel — a channel along which drained water flows away
- dredging machine — dredge1 (def 1).
- dutch guinea pig — a breed of two-tone short-haired guinea pig
- dutch new guinea — a former name of Irian Jaya.
- earth-shattering — earthshaking.
- echocardiographs — Plural form of echocardiograph.
- echocardiography — an instrument employing reflected ultrasonic waves to examine the structures and functioning of the heart.
- ecological niche — niche (def 3).
- edinburgh prolog — Prolog dialect which eventually developed into the standard, as opposed to Marseille Prolog. (The difference is largely syntax.) Clocksin & Mellish describe Edinburgh Prolog. Version: C-Prolog.
- eighteen-wheeler — a tractor-trailer having eighteen wheels
- encephalitogenic — That can cause encephalitis.
- encephalographic — Relating to, or employing encephalography.
- engineer's chain — a unit of length equal to 100 feet
- english canadian — a Canadian citizen whose first language is English, esp one of English descent
- english heritage — an organization, partly funded by government aid, that looks after ancient monuments and historic buildings in England
- english-speaking — speaking English as a mother tongue
- englishman's tie — a type of knot for tying together heavy ropes
- enough is enough — expressing exasperation
- entrenching tool — a small, collapsible spade used by a soldier in the field for digging foxholes and the like.
- epigallocatechin — Gallocatechol.
- equity weighting — the practice of assigning different values to currencies according to factors such as geographical location and climate
- eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
- ethnic cleansing — genocide
- ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
- ethnolinguistics — The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.