15-letter words containing i, n, p, l
- high-principled — possessing or displaying very high moral or ethical principles
- hip replacement — a surgical procedure involving replacing the hip joint with an artificial implant
- holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
- holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
- 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.
- 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.
- hospitalisation — (British) alternative spelling of hospitalization.
- hospitalization — the act, process, or state of being hospitalized.
- 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
- 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
- hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
- hypercalcinuria — Condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism.
- hyperextensible — Capable of being stretched and extended.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hyperinsulinism — excessive insulin in the blood, resulting in hypoglycemia.
- hyperinvolution — a decrease in the size of an organ following enlargement, usually used to describe the shrinking of the uterus after childbirth
- hyperpolarizing — Present participle of hyperpolarize.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
- hypnotisability — Alternative spelling of hypnotizability.
- hypnotizability — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
- hypochondriacal — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- hypoinsulinemia — (medicine) An abnormally low level of insulin in the blood.
- hypoinsulinemic — Having hypoinsulinemia.
- 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.
- immunopathology — the study of diseases having an immunologic or allergic basis.
- impenetrability — the state or quality of being impenetrable.
- imperial gallon — a British gallon used in liquid and dry measurement equivalent to 1.2 U.S. gallons, or 4.54 liters.
- imperviableness — the state of being imperviable
- implausibleness — The quality of being implausible.
- implementations — Plural form of implementation.
- implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
- implied consent — a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence.
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- impregnableness — The state of being impregnable; impregnability.
- impressibleness — The state of being impressible; impressibility.
- improvisational — the art or act of improvising, or of composing, uttering, executing, or arranging anything without previous preparation: Musical improvisation involves imagination and creativity.
- impulse turbine — a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.
- in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
- in short supply — If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain.
- in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
- in the pipeline — a long tubular conduit or series of pipes, often underground, with pumps and valves for flow control, used to transport crude oil, natural gas, water, etc., especially over great distances.
- inapplicability — (uncountable) The state of being inapplicable.