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16-letter words containing h, i, l

  • matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
  • mayfield heights — a city in N Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
  • medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
  • mercury chloride — mercuric chloride
  • metamathematical — Pertaining to metamathematics, a branch of mathematics dealing with mathematical systems and their nature.
  • methacrylic acid — a colorless, liquid acid, C 4 H 6 O 2 , produced synthetically, whose methyl ester, methyl methacrylate, polymerizes to yield a clear plastic.
  • methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • methyl parathion — a synthetic pesticide, C 8 H 1 0 NO 5 PS, used in the control of mites and various insects, as aphids, boll weevils, and cutworms.
  • methylene iodide — a yellow liquid, CH 2 I 2 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used for the separation of mixtures of minerals and in organic synthesis.
  • methylthioninium — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The heterocyclic cation 3,7-bis(dimethylamino)-phenothiazin-5-ium, that is the basis of methylene blue.
  • mexican hairless — one of a breed of small dogs having no hair except for a tuft on the top of the head and a little fuzz on the lower part of the tail.
  • michaelmas daisy — an aster.
  • microsporophylls — Plural form of microsporophyll.
  • military attache — attaché (def 2).
  • military honours — ceremonies performed by troops in honour of royalty, at the burial of an officer, etc
  • mineral charcoal — a fibrous substance resembling charcoal and having a high carbon content, often occurring in thin layers in bituminous coal.
  • misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
  • missile launcher — system that fires missiles
  • mit lisp machine — Lisp Machine
  • mnemotechnically — In a mnemotechnic manner; using mnemotechny.
  • mobility housing — houses designed or adapted for people who have difficulty in walking but are not necessarily chairbound
  • molecular weight — the average weight of a molecule of an element or compound measured in units once based on the weight of one hydrogen atom taken as the standard or on 1/16 (0.0625) the weight of an oxygen atom, but after 1961 based on 1/12 (0.083) the weight of the carbon-12 atom; the sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms in a molecule. Abbreviation: mol. wt.
  • monoethanolamine — Monoethanolamine is an amino acid used as a surfactant (= a substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid and allows it to foam or penetrate solids).
  • monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
  • moral philosophy — philosophy dealing with the principles of morality; ethics.
  • morphophysiology — The (study of the) biological interrelationship between form and physiological function.
  • mos technologies — MOS Technology
  • moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
  • mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
  • multi-way branch — switch statement
  • nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
  • nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
  • nash equilibrium — (in game theory) a stable state of a system involving the interaction of two or more players in which no player can gain by a unilateral change of strategy if the strategies of the other players remain unchanged
  • national charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
  • national holiday — a holiday that is observed throughout a nation.
  • neapolitan sixth — (in musical harmony) a chord composed of the subdominant of the key, plus a minor third and a minor sixth. Harmonically it is equivalent to the first inversion of a major chord built upon the flattened supertonic
  • nephrocalcinosis — (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
  • neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
  • neuroepithelioma — Neurocytoma.
  • neurohypophysial — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
  • neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
  • new philadelphia — a city in E Ohio.
  • niche publishing — publishing books that are intended for a very specialized market
  • nicholas of cusa — 1401–64, German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician: anticipated Copernicus in asserting that the earth revolves around the sun
  • nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
  • no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • non-alphabetical — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
  • non-geographical — of or relating to geography.
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