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15-letter words containing i, n, t, h

  • anti-historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • anti-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
  • anti-malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
  • anti-pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
  • anti-patriarchy — a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe.
  • anti-technology — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
  • antiaphrodisiac — something that represses sexual desire
  • antiarrhythmics — Plural form of antiarrhythmic.
  • anticholesterol — an agent which acts against cholesterol, either as an antibody produced naturally by many mammals or in the form of a drug
  • anticholinergic — blocking nerve impulses through the parasympathetic nerves
  • antichristianly — in an Antichristian manner
  • antifashionable — not conforming to mainstream fashion
  • antihemorrhagic — That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
  • antihypotensive — An antihypotensive is any drug that raises low blood pressure.
  • antimonarchical — opposed to the monarchy
  • antipornography — opposed to or acting against pornography
  • antishoplifting — designed to prevent shoplifting
  • antitheoretical — opposed to or contradicting a theory
  • appalachian tea — any of various plants, as withe rod, whose leaves were used locally for tea in pioneer times
  • apple macintosh — Macintosh
  • apprenticeships — Plural form of apprenticeship.
  • archaeobotanist — A person engaged in archaeobotany.
  • architectonical — Alternative form of architectonic.
  • arithmetic mean — an average value of a set of integers, terms, or quantities, expressed as their sum divided by their number
  • arthur brisbane — Arthur, 1864–1936, U.S. journalist.
  • asian shorthair — a generic term for a group of breeds of short-haired cat of Burmese type, including the Bombay
  • at right angles — If two things are at right angles, they are situated so that they form an angle of 90° where they touch each other. You can also say that one thing is at right angles to another.
  • at short notice — Notice is used in expressions such as 'at short notice', 'at a moment's notice' or 'at twenty-four hours' notice', to indicate that something can or must be done within a short period of time.
  • at the point of — very close to; on the verge of
  • augmented sixth — an interval greater than a major sixth by a chromatic half step.
  • austria-hungary — the Dual Monarchy established in 1867, consisting of what are now Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, and parts of Poland, Romania, Ukraine, and Italy. The empire was broken up after World War I
  • authenticatable — to establish as genuine.
  • authentications — Plural form of authentication.
  • back-scratching — a reciprocal exchange of favors, aid, or compliments
  • baconian method — induction (def 4a).
  • baconian theory — the theory attributing the authorship of Shakespeare's plays to Francis Bacon.
  • bag on the side — An extension to an established hack that is supposed to add some functionality to the original. Usually derogatory, implying that the original was being overextended and should have been thrown away, and the new product is ugly, inelegant, or bloated. Also "to hang a bag on the side [of]". "C++? That's just a bag on the side of C." "They want me to hang a bag on the side of the accounting system."
  • bait and switch — Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
  • bait-and-switch — denoting a deceptive method of selling, by which customers, attracted to a store by sale items, are told either that the advertised bargain item is out of stock or is inferior to a higher-priced item that is available.
  • balanoposthitis — An inflammation of the glans penis and the prepuce.
  • baltic exchange — a group of companies, based in London, which engages in trading activities, esp chartering cargo vessels
  • banqueting hall — a large building or room used for feasts
  • bargain-hunting — the act of shopping for items sold at cheap, esp discounted, prices
  • bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.
  • bathing machine — a small hut, on wheels so that it could be pulled to the sea, used in the 18th and 19th centuries for bathers to change their clothes
  • bathing-machine — a small bathhouse on wheels formerly used as a dressing room and in which bathers could also be transported from the beach to the water.
  • bathurst island — an island off the coast of N Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Archipelago: present south of the North Magnetic Pole nearby. 7609 sq. mi. (19,707 sq. km).
  • be in the black — If a person or an organization is in the black, they do not owe anyone any money.
  • be on the skids — to be on the decline or downgrade; meet with failure
  • before the wind — with the wind coming from astern
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