16-letter words containing i, n, h

not in the least — smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.; slightest: He gave the least amount of money of anyone.
not the faintest — no idea whatsoever
not the foggiest — no idea whatsoever
not worth a shit — useless, valueless, etc.
nothing short of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
nucleophilically — In a nucleophilic manner.
number crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
number-crunching — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
nusslein-volhard — Christiane [kris-tee-ah-nuh,, kris-tyah-] /ˌkrɪs tiˈɑ nə,, krɪsˈtyɑ-/ (Show IPA), born 1942, German biologist: Nobel prize 1995.
oblique zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it between the poles and the equator
ohm, georg simon — Georg Simon Ohm
ohmic resistance — resistance (def 3a).
on the breadline — impoverished; living at subsistence level
on the defensive — If someone is on the defensive, they are trying to protect themselves or their interests because they feel unsure or threatened.
on the safe side — as a precaution
on the sidelines — in the area along the sidelines
on-the-spot fine — a fine that is charged immediately upon being caught and found guilty of a crime
one with another — on average
online thesaurus — a thesaurus or dictionary of words with the same or nearly the same meanings, or synonyms, and their opposites, or antonyms, such as Thesaurus.com, available on the Internet or the World Wide Web, accessed through a web browser, and used by entering a query term into a search box on the site. An online thesaurus provides immediate electronic access to lists of alternate terms for the queried word, covering its various shades of meaning: This online thesaurus showed me that smart, as an adjective, not only means intelligent, but also stylish, or lively, and gave long lists of other words for each meaning.
open parenthesis — left parenthesis
open scholarship — a scholarship which anyone can apply for
opportunity shop — a shop selling second-hand goods for charitable funds
ornithologically — In terms of ornithology.
otherworldliness — The quality of being otherworldly.
over-nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
overenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
ovshinsky effect — an effect that turns special types of glassy, thin films into semiconductors upon application of low voltage.
packet switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
packet-switching — a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or packets, that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled.
pain in the neck — source of annoyance
palaeolithic man — any of various primitive types of man, such as Neanderthal man and Java man, who lived in the Palaeolithic
pantothenic acid — a hydroxy acid, C 9 H 1 7 O 5 N, found in plant and animal tissues, rice, bran, etc., that is part of the B complex of vitamins and is essential for cell growth.
para-nitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
para-phenetidine — a colorless organic liquid, C 8 H 1 1 NO, used chiefly in its para form (para-phenetidine) in the synthesis of phenacetin, dyes, and other compounds.
parliament hinge — a butt hinge the knuckle of which protrudes from the door so that the door when fully opened stands away from the wall.
parochialization — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
pattern matching — 1. A function is defined to take arguments of a particular type, form or value. When applying the function to its actual arguments it is necessary to match the type, form or value of the actual arguments against the formal arguments in some definition. For example, the function length [] = 0 length (x:xs) = 1 + length xs uses pattern matching in its argument to distinguish a null list from a non-null one. There are well known algorithm for translating pattern matching into conditional expressions such as "if" or "case". E.g. the above function could be transformed to 2. Descriptive of a type of language or utility such as awk or Perl which is suited to searching for strings or patterns in input data, usually using some kind of regular expression.
pavillon chinois — crescent (def 6).
peano arithmetic — (mathematics) Giuseppe Peano's system for representing natural numbers inductively using only two symbols, "0" (zero) and "S" (successor). This system could be expressed as a recursive data type with the following Haskell definition: data Peano = Zero | Succ Peano The number three, usually written "SSS0", would be Succ (Succ (Succ Zero)). Addition of Peano numbers can be expressed as a simple syntactic transformation: plus Zero n = n plus (Succ m) n = Succ (plus m n) (1995-03-28)
pencil sharpener — tool for sharpening pencils to a point
pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
personal hygiene — bodily cleanliness
peruvian rhatany — See under rhatany (def 1).
phagocytic index — the average number of bacteria ingested per phagocyte in an incubated mixture of bacteria, phagocytes, and blood serum: used in determining the opsonic index.
phalansterianism — a system by which society would be reorganized into units comprising their own social and industrial elements; Fourierism.
phantasmagorical — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
pharmacodynamics — the branch of pharmacology dealing with the course of action, effect, and breakdown of drugs within the body.
pharmacogenetics — the branch of pharmacology that examines the relation of genetic factors to variations in response to drugs.
pharmacogenomics — the study of human genetic variability in relation to drug action and its application to medical treatment

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