19-letter words containing i, t, h, u, n

human rights abuses — acts that contravene human rights
human rights record — the facts that are known about the tendency of a country, regime, etc, to observe and protect human rights
humanist technology — (philosophy) Technology centered around the interests, needs, and well-being of humans.
huntington's chorea — a hereditary disease of the central nervous system characterized by brain deterioration and loss of control over voluntary movements, the symptoms usually appearing in the fourth decade of life.
hydropneumatization — utilization of air pressure in the housing of a water turbine to keep the level of water that has been used from rising to interfere with the rotor blades.
hyperbolic function — a function of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances from a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes, as hyperbolic sine or hyperbolic cosine: often expressed as combinations of exponential functions.
hyperfine structure — the splitting of the lines of an atomic spectrum, produced by the angular momentum of the nucleus of the atom.
immunocytochemistry — the detection of chemical components of cells by means of antibodies coupled to substances that can be made visible.
immunohistochemical — (biology) Of, pertaining to, or by means of immunohistochemistry, the use of immunological techniques to study the chemistry of tissues.
in conjunction with — together with, in association with
in the line of duty — If you do something or if it happens to you in the line of duty, you do it or it happens as part of your regular work or as a result of it.
induction hardening — a process in which the outer surface of a metal component is rapidly heated by means of induced eddy currents. After rapid cooling the resulting phase transformations produce a hard wear-resistant skin
industrial-strength — unusually strong, potent, or the like: heavy-duty: an industrial-strength soap.
iphigenia in tauris — a drama (413? b.c.) by Euripides.
isthmus of san blas — the narrowest part of the Isthmus of Panama. Width: about 50 km (30 miles)
junior bantamweight — a boxer weighing up to 115 pounds (51.7 kg), between flyweight and bantamweight.
junior middleweight — a boxer weighing up to 154 pounds (69.3 kg), between welterweight and middleweight.
junior welterweight — a boxer weighing up to 140 pounds (63 kg), between lightweight and welterweight.
knights of columbus — an international fraternal and benevolent organization of Roman Catholic men, founded in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1882.
let it all hang out — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
lift the curtain on — to begin
lighten sb's burden — If someone or something lightens your burden or your load, they make a bad or difficult situation better for you.
lightning conductor — A lightning conductor is a long thin piece of metal on top of a building that attracts lightning and allows it to reach the ground safely.
lose in the shuffle — to leave out or disregard in the confusion of things
lucent technologies — (company, telecommunications, Unix) The former systems and equipment portion of AT&T (including Bell Laboratories), split off in 1996.
luteinizing hormone — LH.
machine instruction — (programming) The smallest element of a machine code program.
male chauvinist pig — male chauvinist.
matthias i corvinus — ?1440–90, king of Hungary (1458–90): built up the most powerful kingdom in Central Europe. A patron of Renaissance art, he founded the Corvina library, one of the finest in Europe
membership function — fuzzy subset
midnight regulation — a rule or directive approved by the federal government near the end of a president’s term of office
miniature schnauzer — one of a German breed of sturdily built terriers resembling a smaller version of the standard schnauzer, having a wiry, pepper-and-salt, black, or black-and-silver coat, a rectangular head, bushy whiskers, and a docked tail, and originally developed as a farm dog but now raised primarily as a pet.
minimum thermometer — a thermometer designed to show the lowest temperature recorded between resettings.
month in, month out — every month
mountain chinchilla — any of several long-tailed rodents of the genus Lagidium, having coarse poor quality fur
multinomial theorem — an expression of a power of a sum in terms of powers of the addends, a generalization of the binomial theorem.
multiplexor channel — (MPX) mainframe terminology for a slow peripheral device connection, e.g. for a printer, operator console, or card reader.
mushroom ventilator — a ventilator having at the top of a vertical shaft a broad rounded cap that can be screwed down to close it.
neighbourhood watch — a scheme under which members of a community agree together to take responsibility for keeping an eye on each other's property, as a way of preventing crime
neuropathologically — In a neuropathologic way.
next door neighbour — a person who lives in the house, flat, etc, next to one's home
non-distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
occupational hazard — a danger or hazard to workers that is inherent in a particular occupation: Silicosis is an occupational hazard of miners.
occupational health — Occupational health is the branch of medicine that deals with the health of people in their workplace or in relation to their job.
old spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
oriental fruit moth — a moth, Grapholitha molesta, introduced into the U.S. from Asia, the larvae of which infest and feed on the twigs and fruits of peach, plum, and related trees.
orthopaedic surgeon — a surgeon specializing in the branch of surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
out of the ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
out of the question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
parachute spinnaker — a very large spinnaker used on a racing yacht.

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