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

  • telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
  • terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
  • the windy city — Chicago, Illinois
  • theocentricity — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • theory of mind — Psychology, Philosophy. the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc.: People with autism seem to lack theory of mind. Abbreviation: ToM, TOM.
  • theriogenology — the branch of veterinary medicine encompassing all aspects of reproduction.
  • thermoanalysis — thermal analysis.
  • thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
  • thirty-seventh — next after the thirty-sixth; being the ordinal number for 37.
  • threepenny bit — a twelve-sided British coin of nickel-brass, valued at three old pence, obsolete since 1971
  • to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
  • trans-physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • trimethylamine — a colourless, flammable liquid with a strong, fishy odour
  • triphenylamine — a molecule consisting of a nitrogen atom with three phenyl groups attached to it
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • tymshare, inc. — (company)   The US company that created the TYMNET network.
  • tyrrhenian sea — a part of the Mediterranean, bounded by W Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily.
  • un-synthesized — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
  • unauthenticity — the quality of lacking authenticity or not being genuine
  • unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
  • unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • unrhythmically — in an unrhythmical manner
  • unsympathizing — not sympathizing; not offering sympathy; unsympathetic
  • unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
  • untouchability — the quality or condition of being an untouchable, ascribed in the Vedic tradition to persons of low caste or to persons excluded from the caste system.
  • varnishing day — vernissage (def 1).
  • vasoinhibitory — an agent, as a drug, that inhibits the action of the vasomotor nerves.
  • vinyl chloride — a colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, C 2 H 3 Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds.
  • water hyacinth — a floating aquatic plant, Eichornia crassipes, of tropical lakes and rivers, that grows so prolifically it often hinders the passage of boats.
  • weight density — the weight per unit volume of a substance or object.
  • whistling buoy — a buoy having a whistle operated by air trapped and compressed in an open-bottomed chamber by the rising and falling water level caused by natural wave action.
  • white mahogany — an Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus acmenioides.
  • wild hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea arborescens, of the saxifrage family, common throughout the eastern half of the U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and a rounded cluster of white flowers.
  • with an eye to — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • with eyes open — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • xenophobically — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
  • yang chen ning — born 1922, Chinese physicist in the U.S.: Nobel prize 1957.
  • yield strength — the stress necessary to produce a given inelastic strain in a material.
  • yorkshire bond — flying bond.
  • zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
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