16-letter words containing h, i, l, t
- erythroblastosis — A medical condition in which erythroblasts are abnormally found in the blood.
- eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
- ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
- ethnic cleansing — genocide
- ethnocentrically — In an ethnocentric way.
- ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
- ethnolinguistics — The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group.
- exhaust analysis — An exhaust analysis is an examination of the constituents of an engine's gases, vapors, and particulates.
- exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
- exponential horn — a horn for the radiation of acoustic or high-frequency electromagnetic waves, of which the cross-sectional area increases exponentially with the length
- extensible shell — (operating system) (es) A Unix shell written by Byron Rakitzis <[email protected]> and Paul Haahr <[email protected]>, derived from rc. Es has real functions, closures, exceptions and lets you redefine most internal shell operations. Version: 0.84.
- fahrenheit scale — Gabriel Daniel [German gah-bree-el dah-nee-el] /German ˈgɑ briˌɛl ˈdɑ niˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.
- 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.
- fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
- fat-tailed sheep — one of a class of sheep with much fat along the sides of the tail bones, raised for their meat and widely distributed in southeast Europe, northern Africa, and Asia.
- flash eliminator — a device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the flash made by the ignited propellant gases
- flash in the pan — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flash photolysis — the study of photochemical reaction mechanisms in gases by analyzing spectroscopically the reaction products in a gas mixture irradiated with a powerful light flash.
- flathead catfish — a yellow and brown catfish, Pylodictus olivaris, common in the central U.S., having a flattened head and a projecting lower jaw.
- 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).
- flight simulator — a device used in pilot and crew training that provides a cockpit environment and sensations of flight under actual conditions.
- floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
- fool around with — have casual sex
- forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
- formylmethionine — Alternative spelling of formyl methionine.
- freight terminal — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- full to the brim — If something, especially a container, is filled to the brim or full to the brim with something, it is filled right up to the top.
- functional shift — a change in the grammatical function of a word, as in the use of the noun input as a verb or the noun fun as an adjective.
- furniture polish — product: shines wood
- garfield heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
- geochronologists — Plural form of geochronologist.
- gilding the lily — If you say that someone is gilding the lily, you mean that they are spoiling something that is already beautiful or perfect by trying to improve it or by praising it too highly.
- girls' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of women
- give sb the slip — If you give someone the slip, you escape from them when they are following you or watching you.
- glendale heights — a city in NE Illinois.
- glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
- go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
- go over the hill — a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
- go to the toilet — You can say that someone goes to the toilet to mean that they get rid of waste substances from their body, especially when you want to avoid using words that you think may offend people.
- go with the flow — take a relaxed approach
- goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
- 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
- hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
- half-blind joint — a corner dovetail joint visible on one face only.