15-letter words containing i, n, h, a, l, e
- hanging glacier — a glacier situated on a shelf above a valley or another glacier; it may be joined to the lower level by an icefall or separate from it
- hardy perennial — a plant that lasts three seasons or more and that can withstand freezing temperatures
- harlequin snake — the E American coral snake (Micrurus fulvius)
- harlequin table — a writing or dressing table having a central set of compartments that rise when drop leaves are raised.
- haversian canal — a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.
- health benefits — positive effects on health
- health minister — a government minister who is responsible for health
- heartbreakingly — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heating element — a coil or other arrangement of wire in which heat is produced by an electric current
- heliacal rising — rising of a celestial object at approximately the same time as the rising of the sun
- hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
- hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
- herbal medicine — the use of herbs to treat illness
- hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- high-angle shot — a shot taken from a camera positioned above the action
- highland cattle — a breed of cattle with shaggy hair, usually reddish-brown in colour, and long horns
- hip replacement — a surgical procedure involving replacing the hip joint with an artificial implant
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- 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.
- holiday feeling — the positive feeling people experience while on holiday and during holiday periods such as the Christmas period
- holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
- holyhead island — former name of Holy Island (def 2).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hyper-emotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
- hypercalcinuria — Condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hyperpolarizing — Present participle of hyperpolarize.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
- hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- hypoinsulinemia — (medicine) An abnormally low level of insulin in the blood.
- hypolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from C to C, with the final on F.
- hypoventilating — Present participle of hypoventilate.
- hypoventilation — Breathing at an abnormally slow rate, resulting in an increased amount of carbon dioxide in the blood.
- identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
- in all weathers — If you say that someone does something in all weathers, you mean that they do it regularly whether the weather is good or bad.
- in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
- in the old days — a long time ago
- in-visible hand — (in the economics of Adam Smith) an unseen force or mechanism that guides individuals to unwittingly benefit society through the pursuit of their private interests.
- inapprehensible — That cannot be apprehended; not apprehensible to or graspable by either body or mind.
- inauthentically — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- indian elephant — See under elephant.