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15-letter words containing h, i, n, t, e

  • heterogeneities — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
  • heteronormative — noting or relating to behavior or attitudes consistent with traditional male or female gender roles and the assumption of heterosexuality as the norm: our heteronormative culture.
  • hibernicization — the process or act of making Irish
  • high definition — a system for screen display of images that are sharper and more detailed than normal, having many more than the standard number of scanning lines per frame: Most TV shows are available in high definition. Abbreviation: HD. See also high-definition television.
  • high on the hog — in a luxurious or costly way
  • high resolution — a great amount of detail visible in a photographic, TV, or video image
  • high technology — any technology requiring the most sophisticated scientific equipment and advanced engineering techniques, as microelectronics, data processing, genetic engineering, or telecommunications (opposed to low technology).
  • high-angle shot — a shot taken from a camera positioned above the action
  • high-definition — High-definition television or technology is a digital system that gives a much clearer picture than traditional television systems.
  • high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
  • highland cattle — a breed of cattle with shaggy hair, usually reddish-brown in colour, and long horns
  • hip measurement — a measurement around the hips at the level of the buttocks used in clothing and assessing general health
  • hip replacement — a surgical procedure involving replacing the hip joint with an artificial implant
  • hit the ceiling — the overhead interior surface of a room.
  • holding pattern — a traffic pattern for aircraft at a specified location (holding point) where they are ordered to remain until permitted to land or proceed.
  • holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
  • home automation — the control of domestic appliances by electronically controlled systems
  • honey tangerine — a citrus fruit with a deep-orange pulp, formed by crossing a tangerine and a sweet orange hybrid; Murcott
  • honeycomb tripe — a part of the inner lining of the stomach of the steer, calf, hog, or sheep, resembling a honeycomb in appearance and considered a table delicacy.
  • honeymoon suite — a luxurious suite in a hotel designed for honeymooners
  • hoosier cabinet — a tall kitchen cabinet mass-produced during the early part of the 20th century, usually of oak, featuring an enameled work surface, storage bins, a flour sifter, etc.
  • horizontal well — A horizontal well is a well which has sections that have been drilled at more than 80 degrees from the vertical in order to penetrate a greater length of the reservoir.
  • horror-stricken — Horror-stricken means the same as horror-struck.
  • hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
  • hostile witness — a witness who gives evidence against the party calling him
  • hot-bulb engine — a low-compression oil engine requiring a heated bulb or cap for ignition.
  • hotline connect — (messaging)   A suite of communication products developed by Hotline Communications Ltd. Hotline Connect is a real-time, multi-platform Internet/Intranet communication suite, that operates independent of the web. It provides easy-to-use private and public virtual community building and live interaction with real-time chat, conferencing, messaging, data warehousing, file transfer, and viewing. Version: 1.7.2, as of 1999-12-07.
  • housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
  • housing benefit — In Britain, housing benefit is money that the government gives to people with no income or very low incomes to pay for part or all of their rent.
  • housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
  • hovering accent — indeterminacy as to which of two consecutive syllables in a line of verse bears the metrical stress, as in any of the first three feet of Slow, slow, / fresh fount, / keep time / with my / salt tears.
  • human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
  • hung parliament — a parliament that does not have a party with a working majority
  • hunting leopard — the cheetah.
  • huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
  • hyper-emotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
  • hyper-energetic — possessing or exhibiting energy, especially in abundance; vigorous: an energetic leader.
  • hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
  • hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
  • hypercorrection — the substitution, in an inappropriate context, of a pronunciation, grammatical form, or usage thought by the speaker or writer to be appropriate, resulting usually from overgeneralizing in an effort to replace seemingly incorrect forms with correct ones, as the substitution of between you and I for between you and me, by analogy with you and I as the subject of a sentence.
  • hyperexcitement — excessive or extreme excitement
  • hyperextensible — Capable of being stretched and extended.
  • hyperfemininity — the quality of being feminine; womanliness.
  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • hyperinvolution — a decrease in the size of an organ following enlargement, usually used to describe the shrinking of the uterus after childbirth
  • hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
  • hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
  • hypersensitized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersensitize.
  • hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
  • hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
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