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13-letter words containing h, i, n, y

  • kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
  • kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
  • kidney-shaped — having the general shape of a long oval indented at one side; reniform: a kidney-shaped swimming pool.
  • kindheartedly — In a kindhearted manner.
  • kinesitherapy — a movement-based therapy
  • know by sight — the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
  • labyrinthical — Labyrinthine; like or relating to a labyrinth.
  • labyrinthitis — inflammation of the inner ear, or labyrinth, characterized by dizziness, nausea, and visual disturbances.
  • languishingly — In a languishing manner.
  • leonine rhyme — the form of internal rhyme used in leonine verse.
  • like anything — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
  • logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
  • lymphopoietin — (protein) A cytokine protein that has a function in T cell maturation.
  • machinability — The condition of being machinable.
  • machine cycle — (processor)   The four steps which the CPU carries out for each machine language instruction: fetch, decode, execute, and store. These steps are performed by the control unit, and may be fixed in the logic of the CPU or may be programmed as microcode which is itself usually fixed (in ROM) but may be (partially) modifiable (stored in RAM). The fetch cycle places the current program counter contents (the address of the next instruction to execute) on the address bus and reads in the word at that location into the instruction register (IR). In RISC CPUs instructions are usually a single word but in other architectures an instruction may be several words long, necessitating several fetches. The decode cycle uses the contents of the IR to determine which gates should be opened between the CPU's various functional units and busses and what operation the ALU(s) should perform (e.g. add, bitwise and). Each gate allows data to flow from one unit to another (e.g. from register 0 to ALU input 1) or enables data from one output onto a certain bus. In the simplest case ("horizontal encoding") each bit of the instruction register controls a single gate or several bits may control the ALU operation. This is rarely used because it requires long instruction words (such an architecture is sometimes called a very long instruction word architecture). Commonly, groups of bits from the IR are fed through decoders to control higher level aspects of the CPU's operation, e.g. source and destination registers, addressing mode and ALU operation. This is known as vertical encoding. One way RISC processors gain their advantage in speed is by having simple instruction decoding which can be performed quickly. The execute cycle occurs when the decoding logic has settled and entails the passing of values between the various function units and busses and the operation of the ALU. A simple instruction will require only a single execute cycle whereas a complex instruction (e.g. subroutine call or one using memory indirect addressing) may require three or four. Instructions in a RISC typically (but not invariably) take only a single cycle. The store cycle is when the result of the instruction is written to its destination, either a register or a memory location. This is really part of the execute cycle because some instructions may write to multiple destinations as part of their execution.
  • martini-henry — a breech-loaded .45 caliber rifle adopted in 1871 as the standard British service weapon, using a center-fire metallic cartridge filled with black powder.
  • metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
  • michigan city — a port in NW Indiana, on Lake Michigan.
  • monarchically — In a monarchic or monarchical fashion.
  • monkey orchid — a European orchid, Orchis simia, rare in Britain, having a short dense flower spike that opens from the top downwards. The flowers are white streaked with pink or violet and have five spurs thought to resemble a monkey's arms, legs, and tail
  • monkey-shines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
  • monophysitism — (Christianity) A Christian belief which holds that the human nature of Jesus Christ was essentially absorbed by the divine, and thus that he essentially had but one nature, contrary to the orthodox view that Christ has two natures, both fully human and fully divine. A variant is apollonarianism, which has gnostic overtones and used hellenistic ideas alien to orthodox Christianity.
  • mount whitney — a mountain in E California: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and in continental US (excluding Alaska). Height: 4418 m (14 495 ft)
  • myelin sheath — a wrapping of myelin around certain nerve axons, serving as an electrical insulator that speeds nerve impulses to muscles and other effectors.
  • mythicization — to turn into, treat, or explain as a myth.
  • mythification — to create a myth about (a person, place, tradition, etc.); cause to become a myth.
  • mythologising — Present participle of mythologise.
  • mythologizing — Present participle of mythologize.
  • nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
  • naphthylamine — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds.
  • narcohypnosis — the use of drugs to induce hypnosis
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • neurosyphilis — Syphilis that involves the central nervous system.
  • night and day — the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
  • night journey — the journey in which Muhammad was carried from Mecca to Jerusalem and ascended into heaven.
  • nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
  • ninety-eighth — next after the ninety-seventh; being the ordinal number for 98.
  • ninety-fourth — next after the ninety-third; being the ordinal number for 94.
  • nithiocyamine — Amoscanate.
  • nizhniy tagil — city in W Russia, in the EC Urals: pop. 429,000
  • nonhaemolytic — relating to a transfusion reaction in which the red blood cells survive
  • nonhereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
  • nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
  • nymphomaniacs — Plural form of nymphomaniac.
  • onychomycosis — Fungal infection of the nail, especially the toenail.
  • onychophagist — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
  • onychorrhexis — (pathology) fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.
  • orthogonality — (mathematics, statistics) the property of being orthogonal.
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