16-letter words containing i, n, t, h, e, s
- hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
- hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
- icositetrahedron — a solid figure having 24 faces.
- immersion heater — a small electric coil used to heat a liquid, as a cup of water, in which it is immersed.
- immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
- in at the finish — being present or taking part at the conclusion, as of a contest
- in lockstep with — progressing at exactly the same speed and in the same direction as other people or things, esp as a matter of course rather than by choice
- in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
- in the ascendant — If someone or something is in the ascendant, they have or are getting more power, influence, or popularity than other people or things.
- in the course of — If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
- in the same boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- in the seventies — in the range between 70 and 79 degrees on a given temperature scale, esp the Fahrenheit scale
- in the shadow of — very close to; verging upon
- in the short run — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- in the slightest — at all
- in the spotlight — prominently featured
- in the throes of — If you are in the throes of doing or experiencing something, especially something difficult, you are busy doing it or are deeply involved in it.
- in the worst way — bad or ill in the highest, greatest, or most extreme degree: the worst person.
- incentive scheme — an arrangement under which additional payments are made to employees as a means of increasing production
- inexhaustibility — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
- inextinguishable — not extinguishable: an inextinguishable fire.
- inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
- inhospitableness — The quality of being inhospitable.
- interhemispheric — of, relating to, or between hemispheres, as of the earth: interhemispheric cooperation.
- intrapreneurship — The practice of applying entrepreneurial skills and approaches within an established company.
- john the baptist — the forerunner and baptizer of Jesus. Matt. 3.
- judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- karelian isthmus — a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, in the NW Russian Federation.
- left parenthesis — (character) "(". ASCII character 40. Common names: left paren; left parenthesis; left; open; paren (")" = thesis); open paren; open parenthesis; left parenthesis; left banana. Rare: so (")" = already); lparen; ITU-T: opening parenthesis; open round bracket, left round bracket, INTERCAL: wax (")" = wane); parenthisey (")" = unparenthisey); left ear. Paired with right parenthesis (")").
- lightheartedness — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- lighthouse point — a city in NW Florida.
- lighting effects — the illumination of a play, film, etc
- lightning strike — A lightning strike is a strike in which workers stop work suddenly and without any warning, in order to protest about something.
- lightning stroke — a discharge of lightning between a cloud and the earth, esp one that causes damage
- live in the past — If you accuse someone of living in the past, you mean that they think too much about the past or believe that things are the same as they were in the past.
- long-established — having a long history; old
- lose one's shirt — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
- lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
- machinist's mate — a petty officer trained to operate, repair, etc. ships' engines
- magnesiochromite — (mineral) A chromite species with the formula MgCr2O4.
- magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
- man-eating shark — any shark known to attack humans, especially the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
- matrix mechanics — a formulation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics in which physical quantities are represented by matrices and matrix algebra is used to predict the outcome of physical measurements.
- matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
- mechanochemistry — the field of chemistry that deals with the direct conversion of chemical into mechanical energy.
- merchant service — A merchant service is a provider of credit card processing services.
- metamorphosising — Present participle of metamorphosise.
- methamphetamines — Methamphetamine.
- mit lisp machine — Lisp Machine