16-letter words containing m, a, h
- flashbulb memory — the clear recollections that a person may have of the circumstances associated with a dramatic event
- flight formation — an arrangement of two or more airplanes flying together in a group, usually in a predetermined pattern.
- flight simulator — a device used in pilot and crew training that provides a cockpit environment and sensations of flight under actual conditions.
- for the meantime — For the meantime means for a period of time from now until something else happens.
- fort sam houston — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in San Antonio, Tex.
- fourth amendment — an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, prohibiting unlawful search and seizure of personal property.
- franking machine — a machine that franks letters
- freight terminal — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- french cameroons — Cameroun (def 2).
- french ice cream — a type of ice cream in which an egg and cream mixture is cooked to a light custard before being frozen.
- from one's heart — very sincerely or deeply
- full steam ahead — If something such as a plan or a project goes full steam ahead, it progresses quickly.
- galenic pharmacy — the art or practice of preparing and dispensing galenicals.
- garlic mushrooms — mushrooms, often pan-fried, cooked with garlic
- geomorphological — Of or pertaining to geomorphology.
- geothermal power — power generated using steam produced by heat emanating from the molten core of the earth
- german cockroach — a common yellowish-brown cockroach, Blatta germanica, brought into the U.S. from Europe.
- give a hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
- gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
- gynandromorphism — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- gynandromorphous — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
- haemochromatosis — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hemochromatosis.
- haemodynamically — from a hemodynamic point of view
- hamadryas baboon — a baboon, Papio (Comopithecus) hamadryas, of Ethiopia, the male of which has a mantle of long, dark hair about the head and shoulders: held sacred by the ancient Egyptians.
- hamiltonian path — Hamiltonian problem
- hamiltonian tour — Hamiltonian problem
- hammer (away) at — to work continuously or energetically at
- hammer and tongs — with great vigor, determination, or vehemence: When he starts a job he goes at it hammer and tongs.
- hammerstein (ii) — Oscar1895-1960; U.S. librettist & lyricist of musical comedies
- hamming distance — (data) The minimum number of bits that must be changed in order to convert one bit string into another. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming.
- hamming, richard — Richard Hamming
- hamstring injury — an instance of physical damage to a person's hamstring
- hand screw clamp — a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.
- hard rock mining — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
- hard times token — any of a series of U.S. copper tokens, issued 1834–41, bearing a political inscription or advertising message and serving as currency during coin shortages.
- haussmannization — Georges Eugène [zhawrzh œ-zhen] /ʒɔrʒ œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1809–91, French administrator who improved the landscaping, street designs, and utilities systems of Paris.
- have a big mouth — to speak indiscreetly, loudly, or excessively
- have a good time — enjoy yourself, have fun
- have a hard time — experience difficulties
- have no time for — not tolerate
- haversian system — a Haversian canal and the series of concentric bony plates surrounding it.
- hayes-compatible — (communications) A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
- haymarket square — a square in Chicago: scene of a riot (Haymarket Riot) in 1886 between police and labor unionists.
- head arrangement — a roughly outlined musical arrangement that is played from memory and is often learned by ear.
- head normal form — (theory, reduction) (HNF) A term describing a lambda expression whose top level is either a variable, a data value, a built-in function applied to too few arguments, or a lambda abstraction whose body is not reducible. I.e. the top level is neither a redex nor a lambda abstraction with a reducible body. An expression in HNF may contain redexes in argument postions whereas a normal form may not. Compare Weak Head Normal Form.
- headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
- headmistressship — (rare) Alternative form of headmistress-ship.
- hearing-impaired — having reduced or deficient hearing ability; hard-of-hearing: special programs for hearing-impaired persons.
- hemagglutinating — That causes hemagglutination.
- hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.