14-letter words containing i, r, a, t, o
- health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- health visitor — In Britain, a health visitor is a nurse whose job is to visit people in their homes and offer advice on matters such as how to look after very young babies or people with physical disabilities.
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- heat reservoir — a hypothetical body of infinitely large mass capable of absorbing or rejecting unlimited quantities of heat without undergoing appreciable changes in temperature, pressure, or density.
- heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
- heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
- helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
- helicopter pad — landing area
- heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
- heteroaromatic — a heterocyclic aromatic compound.
- heteroclitical — (obsolete) Anomalous, heteroclite.
- heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
- heterokaryosis — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
- heterokaryotic — condition in which a binucleate or multinucleate cell contains genetically dissimilar nuclei.
- heterolecithal — having an unequal distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
- heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
- hierogrammatic — of or relating to a hierogram
- highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- historiography — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
- histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
- hither and yon — Hither and thither means in many different directions or places, and in a disorganized way. In American English, the expression hither and yon is sometimes used.
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- holy matrimony — marriage
- horizontal bar — on a bar chart
- horizontalness — The property of being horizontal.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- horsetail tree — beefwood (def 1).
- hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
- hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
- housing market — property trade
- humoristically — In a humoristic way.
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
- hydrolytically — By means of hydrolysis.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydropathicity — (chemistry) The relative hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity of a compound, especially of an amino acid residue in a protein.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hydroxyapatite — a mineral, Ca 10 (PO 4) 6 OH 2 , that is the principal storage form of calcium and phosphorus in bone.
- hyper-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- hyperchromatic — Hyperchromic.
- hyperemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.