16-letter words containing n, a, h, t
- down at the heel — with the heels of one's shoes in need of repair
- draw the longbow — to exaggerate in telling something
- dual citizenship — Also called dual nationality. the status of a person who is a legal citizen of two or more countries.
- dutch guinea pig — a breed of two-tone short-haired guinea pig
- dutch new guinea — a former name of Irian Jaya.
- earth-shattering — earthshaking.
- eastern orthodox — of or relating to the Orthodox Church.
- eastern whipbird — an Australian whipbird, Psophodes olivaceus
- easy on the eyes — good looking, physically attractive
- electromechanics — the engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by either static or magnetic electric charges
- electronic flash — Photography
- encephalitogenic — That can cause encephalitis.
- english heritage — an organization, partly funded by government aid, that looks after ancient monuments and historic buildings in England
- englishman's tie — a type of knot for tying together heavy ropes
- enthusiastically — In an enthusiastic manner.
- epigallocatechin — Gallocatechol.
- erymanthian boar — a wild boar that ravaged the district around Mount Erymanthus: captured by Hercules as his fourth labour
- escutcheon plate — a plate or shield that surrounds a keyhole, door handle, light switch, etc, esp an ornamental one protecting a door or wall surface
- ethernet address — (networking) (Or "MAC address") The physical address identifying an individual Ethernet controller board. An Ethernet addess is a 48-bit number aabbccddeeff where a-f are hexadecimal digits. The first 24 bits, aabbcc, identify the manufacturer of the controller. The Ethernet address is hard-wired on some controllers, stored in a ROM on some, and others allow it to be changed from software. It is usually written as six hexadecimal numbers, e.g. 08:00:20:03:72:DC. See also ARP, Internet address.
- ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
- ethnic cleansing — genocide
- ethnocentrically — In an ethnocentric way.
- ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
- etiopathogenesis — (medicine) The cause and subsequent development of an abnormal condition or of a disease.
- exchange student — sb who studies abroad
- exhaust analysis — An exhaust analysis is an examination of the constituents of an engine's gases, vapors, and particulates.
- exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
- exhibition match — a sports match which is not part of a competition but instead serves the function of demonstrating the skills of the players
- exhumation order — a legal instruction to exhume a body
- expectant mother — a pregnant woman
- exponential horn — a horn for the radiation of acoustic or high-frequency electromagnetic waves, of which the cross-sectional area increases exponentially with the length
- faction fighting — dissension
- fahrenheit scale — Gabriel Daniel [German gah-bree-el dah-nee-el] /German ˈgɑ briˌɛl ˈdɑ niˌɛl/ (Show IPA), 1686–1736, German physicist: devised a temperature scale and introduced the use of mercury in thermometers.
- faintheartedness — The quality or state of being fainthearted.
- fantail goldfish — an artificially bred, hardy variety of goldfish, usually oval-shaped and deep orange or calico, with a deeply cleft, four-lobed tail held in line with the body.
- farmington hills — a city in SE Michigan.
- fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
- father confessor — confessor (def 2).
- feather geranium — a Eurasian weed, Chenopodium botrys, of the amaranth family, having clusters of inconspicuous flowers and unpleasant smelling, lobed leaves.
- feather merchant — a person who avoids responsibility and effort; loafer.
- federation wheat — an early-maturing drought-resistant variety of wheat developed by William Farrar in 1902
- fifth-generation — denoting developments in computer design to produce machines with artificial intelligence
- find favour with — to be approved of by someone
- fingertip search — When the police carry out a fingertip search of a place, they examine it for evidence in a very detailed way.
- fisherman's knot — a knot for joining two ropes of equal thickness consisting of an overhand knot or double overhand knot by each rope round the other, so that the two knots jam when pulled tight
- flash eliminator — a device fitted to the muzzle of a firearm to reduce the flash made by the ignited propellant gases
- flash in the pan — a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- flight attendant — an airline employee who serves meals, attends to passengers' comfort, etc., during a flight.
- flight formation — an arrangement of two or more airplanes flying together in a group, usually in a predetermined pattern.
- flight indicator — artificial horizon (def 3).