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

  • hypertrophying — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
  • hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
  • hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
  • laughing hyena — an African hyena, Crocuta crocuta, having a yellowish-gray coat with brown or black spots, noted for its distinctive howl.
  • money changing — the business of exchanging one currency for another, with the deduction of a commission for the service.
  • money-changing — the business or act of exchanging currency, usually of different countries, esp. at a set rate
  • nonhomogeneity — composition from like parts, elements, or characteristics; state or quality of being homogeneous.
  • oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
  • overnight stay — in hospital or hotel
  • overwhelmingly — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • ox-eye herring — a herring-like sea fish, Megalops cyprinoides, of northern Australian waters, related to the tarpon
  • oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
  • penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • penny-pinching — a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.
  • perhydrogenize — perhydrogenate.
  • phenologically — in a phenological manner
  • porphyrogenite — a prince born after his father has succeeded to the throne
  • psychic energy — according to Freud, the force that lies behind all mental processes, having its basic source as the id.
  • psychogenetics — the study of internal or mental states
  • pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • queuing theory — a theory that deals with providing a service on a waiting line, or queue, especially when the demand for it is irregular and describable by probability distributions, as processing phone calls arriving at a telephone exchange or collecting highway tolls from drivers at tollbooths.
  • royal highness — a title used prior to 1917 and designating a brother, sister, child, grandchild, aunt, or uncle belonging to the male line of the royal family. a title used since 1917 and designating a child or grandchild of the sovereign. any person given this title by the Crown.
  • seventy-eighth — next after the seventy-seventh; being the ordinal number for 78.
  • sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
  • sherry vinegar — a gourmet wine vinegar produced in the Jerez region of S Spain
  • stay the night — If you stay the night in a place, you sleep there for one night.
  • theriogenology — the branch of veterinary medicine encompassing all aspects of reproduction.
  • unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
  • weight density — the weight per unit volume of a substance or object.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
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