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15-letter words containing h, i, n

  • annihilationism — the teaching or principle that trespassers and evildoers are completely destroyed rather than made to suffer in hell after death
  • annihilationist — A person who believes that eternal punishment is the annihilation of both the body and the soul.
  • antarctic beech — any tree of the genus Nothofagus, related to the beech and native to temperate Australasia and South America, esp Nothofagus cunninghamii of SE Australia or Nothofagus moorei of NE Australia
  • anteprohibition — before prohibition.
  • anthony hawkins — Sir Anthony Hope ("Anthony Hope") 1863–1933, English novelist and playwright.
  • anthropobiology — the biological study of the human species
  • anthropocentric — regarding man as the most important and central factor in the universe
  • anthropogenesis — the study of the origins of man
  • anthropological — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
  • anthropologists — Plural form of anthropologist.
  • anthropometrics — the science of measuring the size and proportions of the human body (called anthropometry), especially as applied to the design of furniture and machines.
  • anthropomorphic — Anthropomorphic means relating to the idea that an animal, a god, or an object has feelings or characteristics like those of a human being.
  • anthropopathism — ascription of human passions or feelings to a being or beings not human, especially to a deity.
  • anthropophagite — a cannibal
  • anthropopsychic — the attribution of consciousness to divine beings and nature
  • anthroposophist — A proponent of anthroposophy.
  • anti-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • anti-historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • anti-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
  • anti-malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
  • anti-pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
  • anti-patriarchy — a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe.
  • anti-technology — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
  • antiaphrodisiac — something that represses sexual desire
  • antiarrhythmics — Plural form of antiarrhythmic.
  • anticholesterol — an agent which acts against cholesterol, either as an antibody produced naturally by many mammals or in the form of a drug
  • anticholinergic — blocking nerve impulses through the parasympathetic nerves
  • antichristianly — in an Antichristian manner
  • antifashionable — not conforming to mainstream fashion
  • antihemorrhagic — That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
  • antihypotensive — An antihypotensive is any drug that raises low blood pressure.
  • antimonarchical — opposed to the monarchy
  • antipornography — opposed to or acting against pornography
  • antishoplifting — designed to prevent shoplifting
  • antitheoretical — opposed to or contradicting a theory
  • appalachian tea — any of various plants, as withe rod, whose leaves were used locally for tea in pioneer times
  • apple macintosh — Macintosh
  • apprenticeships — Plural form of apprenticeship.
  • archaeobotanist — A person engaged in archaeobotany.
  • architectonical — Alternative form of architectonic.
  • arithmetic mean — an average value of a set of integers, terms, or quantities, expressed as their sum divided by their number
  • armenian church — the national Church of Armenia, founded in the early fourth century ad, the dogmas and liturgy of which are similar to those of the Orthodox Church
  • arthur brisbane — Arthur, 1864–1936, U.S. journalist.
  • asian shorthair — a generic term for a group of breeds of short-haired cat of Burmese type, including the Bombay
  • at right angles — If two things are at right angles, they are situated so that they form an angle of 90° where they touch each other. You can also say that one thing is at right angles to another.
  • at short notice — Notice is used in expressions such as 'at short notice', 'at a moment's notice' or 'at twenty-four hours' notice', to indicate that something can or must be done within a short period of time.
  • at the point of — very close to; on the verge of
  • auf wiedersehen — goodbye, until we see each other again
  • augmented sixth — an interval greater than a major sixth by a chromatic half step.
  • austria-hungary — the Dual Monarchy established in 1867, consisting of what are now Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and parts of Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and Italy. The empire was broken up after World War I
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