18-letter words containing i, n, t, h, r

historical fiction — the genre of literature, film, etc., comprising narratives that take place in the past and are characterized chiefly by an imaginative reconstruction of historical events and personages.
historical present — the present tense used in narrating a past event as if happening at the time of narration.
hit-and-run driver — sb: leaves accident scene
hither and thither — to or toward this place: to come hither.
hold a reservation — If a hotel holds a reservation, it keeps a room for someone, and does not give it to someone else.
home entertainment — the aggregate of appliances, as stero systems, television, videocassette recorders, or computers, used for diversion in the home.
honour moderations — (at Oxford University) the first public examination, in which candidates are placed into one of three classes of honours
honourable mention — If something that you do in a competition is given an honourable mention, it receives special praise from the judges although it does not actually win a prize.
horizontal tasting — a tasting of wines from the same year but from different vineyards, producers, etc.
hot-water cylinder — a vertical cylindrical tank for storing hot water, esp an insulated one made of copper used in a domestic hot-water system
hotel receptionist — a person who looks after guests when they first arrive at a hotel, checking them in, giving them their keys, etc
houghton-le-spring — a town in N England, in Sunderland unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: coal-mining. Pop: 36 746 (2001)
human rights group — a group that campaigns for human rights
hungarian notation — (language, convention) A linguistic convention requiring one or more letters to be added to the start of variable names to denote scope and/or type. Hungarian Notation is mainly confined to Microsoft Windows programming environments, such as Microsoft C, C++ and Visual Basic. It was originally devised by Charles Simonyi, a Hungarian, who was a senior programmer at Microsoft for many years. He disliked the way that names in C programs gave no clue as to the type, leading to frequent programmer errors. According to legend, fellow programmers at Microsoft, on seeing the convoluted, vowel-less variable names produced by his scheme, said, "This might as well be in Greek - or even Hungarian!". They made up the name "Hungarian notation" (possibly with "reverse Polish notation" in mind). Hungarian Notation is not really necessary when using a modern strongly-typed language as the compiler warns the programmer if a variable of one type is used as if it were another type. It is less useful in object-oriented programming languages such as C++, where many variables are going to be instances of classes and so begin with "obj". In addition, variable names are essentially only comments, and thus are just as susceptible to becoming out-of-date and incorrect as any other comment. For example, if a signed short int becomes an unsigned long int, the variable name, and every use of it, should be changed to reflect its new type. A variable's name should describe the values it holds. Type and scope are aspects of this, but Hungarian Notation overemphasises their importance by allocating so much of the start of the name to them. Furthermore, type and scope information can be found from the variable's declaration. Ironically, this is particularly easy in the development environments in which Hungarian Notation is typically used.
hydroxytryptamines — Plural form of hydroxytryptamine.
hyper-intellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
hyperaldosteronism — aldosteronism.
hyperconcentration — the act of concentrating; the state of being concentrated.
hypernationalistic — a person devoted to nationalism.
hyperproliferation — (biology) An abnormally high rate of proliferation of cells by rapid division.
hypersensitiveness — The state of being hypersensitive.
hypersensitization — Photography. to treat (a film or emulsion) so as to increase its speed.
hypersexualisation — Alternative spelling of hypersexualization.
hypersexualization — The act or process of hypersexualizing.
hysterical reasons — (Or "hysterical raisins") A variant on the stock phrase "for historical reasons", indicating specifically that something must be done in some stupid way for backward compatibility, and moreover that the feature it must be compatible with was the result of a bad design in the first place. "All IBM PC video adaptors have to support MDA text mode for hysterical reasons." Compare bug-for-bug compatible.
in (the) aggregate — If a number of different things or amounts are considered in aggregate, or in the aggregate, they are considered as a single thing or amount.
in accordance with — conforming to
in another's shoes — in another's position
in comparison with — when compared to
in one's own right — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
in the affirmative — positively, by saying yes
in the first place — firstly
in the grip of sth — If a person, group, or place is in the grip of something, they are being severely affected by it.
in the interest of — the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne.
in the last resort — You use in the last resort when stating the most basic or important fact that will still be true in a situation whatever else happens.
in the mood for/to — If you say that you are in the mood for something, you mean that you want to do it or have it. If you say that you are in no mood to do something, you mean that you do not want to do it or have it.
in the near future — soon
in the same breath — the air inhaled and exhaled in respiration.
incidental charges — Incidental charges are costs of items and services that are not part of the main bill.
indecent behaviour — the offence of committing indecent acts
industrial hygiene — the science that assesses, controls, and prevents occupational factors or sources of stress in the workplace that may significantly affect the health and well-being of employees or of the community in general
industrial vehicle — a vehicle designed for use in industry
information theory — the mathematical theory concerned with the content, transmission, storage, and retrieval of information, usually in the form of messages or data, and especially by means of computers.
inner automorphism — an automorphism that maps an element x into an element of the form axa −1 where a −1 is the inverse of a.
inter-relationship — reciprocal relation.
interchangeability — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
internet of things — a network of everyday devices, appliances, and other objects equipped with computer chips and sensors that can collect and transmit data through the Internet. Abbreviation: IoT.
internet telephony — IP Telephony
interrelationships — Plural form of interrelationship.
ionization chamber — a device for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation, consisting of a tube containing a low pressure gas and two electrodes between which a high voltage is maintained. The current between the electrodes is a function of the intensity of the radiation

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