16-letter words containing n, a, h, t
- holier-than-thou — obnoxiously pious; sanctimonious; self-righteous.
- home heating oil — fuel oil for domestic central heating
- home-equity loan — a loan that uses equity in the borrower's home as collateral.
- horizon distance — Television. the distance of the farthest point on the earth's surface visible from a transmitting antenna.
- horizontal plane — flat surface parallel to the horizon
- horizontal union — a labor union organized by skills or trades of its members rather than by industries.
- horseshoe magnet — a horseshoe-shaped permanent magnet.
- hospital corners — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- hospitalizations — Plural form of hospitalization.
- hot and bothered — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
- hudsonian godwit — any of several large, widely distributed shorebirds of the genus Limosa, as the New World L. haemastica (Hudsonian godwit) having a long bill that curves upward slightly.
- huntington beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- hydrated alumina — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, Al(OH) 3 or Al 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, obtained chiefly from bauxite: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, and printing inks, in dyeing, and in medicine as an antacid and in the treatment of ulcers.
- hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
- hydraulic cement — cement that can solidify under water.
- hydroformylation — the addition of a hydrogen atom and the formyl group to a double bond of a hydrocarbon by reaction with a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst.
- hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
- hyperinnervation — the act of innervating; state of being innervated.
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
- hyperventilation — excessively rapid and deep breathing.
- hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
- hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
- hypoalimentation — insufficient or inadequate nourishment.
- hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
- hypostatic union — (In Cristianity) Christ's condition of being, at the same time, both human and divine
- icositetrahedron — a solid figure having 24 faces.
- immersion heater — a small electric coil used to heat a liquid, as a cup of water, in which it is immersed.
- immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
- immunohematology — the study of blood and blood-forming tissue in relation to the immune response.
- in at the finish — being present or taking part at the conclusion, as of a contest
- in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
- in the aggregate — formed by the conjunction or collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; total; combined: the aggregate amount of indebtedness.
- in the ascendant — If someone or something is in the ascendant, they have or are getting more power, influence, or popularity than other people or things.
- in the long haul — in a future time
- in the meanwhile — until then, for now
- in the nature of — essentially the same as; by way of
- in the same boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- in the shadow of — very close to; verging upon
- in the worst way — bad or ill in the highest, greatest, or most extreme degree: the worst person.
- indian meal moth — a small pyralid moth, Plodia interpunctella, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals.
- inexhaustibility — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
- inextinguishable — not extinguishable: an inextinguishable fire.
- inextinguishably — In a way that cannot be extinguished; immortally.
- inhospitableness — The quality of being inhospitable.
- intake of breath — When someone takes an intake of breath, they breathe in quickly and noisily, usually because they are shocked at something.
- interbehavioural — relating to or involving interbehaviour