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16-letter words containing n, e, p, h, r

  • craftspersonship — The body of activities, skills, techniques, knowledge, and expertise pertinent to (a) particular craft(s).
  • creeping thistle — a weedy Eurasian thistle, Cirsium arvense, common as a fast-spreading weed in the US
  • depth perception — ability to see objects in perspective
  • devonshire split — a kind of yeast bun split open and served with whipped cream or butter and jam
  • dextromethorphan — (pharmaceutical drug) An antitussive drug (a cough suppressant) that is found in many over-the-counter cold and cough preparations.
  • diacetylmorphine — heroin.
  • dichlorobiphenyl — (organic compound) Either of twelve isomers of the polychlorinated biphenyl containing two chlorine atoms.
  • dneprodzerzhinsk — a city in the E central Ukraine, in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, on the Dnieper River.
  • do sth in person — If you do something in person, you do it yourself rather than letting someone else do it for you.
  • eastern whipbird — an Australian whipbird, Psophodes olivaceus
  • edinburgh prolog — Prolog dialect which eventually developed into the standard, as opposed to Marseille Prolog. (The difference is largely syntax.) Clocksin & Mellish describe Edinburgh Prolog. Version: C-Prolog.
  • encephalographic — Relating to, or employing encephalography.
  • entrepreneurship — The art or science of innovation and risk-taking for profit in business.
  • ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
  • 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
  • fingertip search — When the police carry out a fingertip search of a place, they examine it for evidence in a very detailed way.
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • flying phalanger — any of various small phalangers of Australia and New Guinea, having a parachutelike fold of skin on each side of the body to give gliding assistance in leaping.
  • francis joseph i — 1830–1916, emperor of Austria 1848–1916; king of Hungary 1867–1916.
  • french polynesia — a French overseas territory in the S Pacific, including the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, and other scattered island groups. 1544 sq. mi. (4000 sq. km). Capital: Papeete.
  • french telephone — handset (def 1).
  • furniture polish — product: shines wood
  • gadsden purchase — a tract of 45,535 sq. mi. (117,935 sq. km), now contained in New Mexico and Arizona, purchased for $10,000,000 from Mexico in 1853, the treaty being negotiated by James Gadsden.
  • galenic pharmacy — the art or practice of preparing and dispensing galenicals.
  • gender dysphoria — a psychological condition marked by significant emotional distress and impairment in life functioning, caused by a lack of congruence between gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth.
  • general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
  • geographic range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible to the eye at a given elevation, assuming that the weather is clear and that the light is sufficiently powerful to be visible from any point at which it appears above the horizon.
  • geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
  • gerontomorphosis — Biology. evolutionary specialization of a species to a degree that decreases its capability for further adaptation and eventually leads to its extinction.
  • glossopharyngeal — of or relating to the tongue and pharynx.
  • golden parachute — an employment contract or agreement guaranteeing a key executive of a company substantial severance pay and other financial benefits in the event of job loss caused by the company's being sold or merged.
  • graphic designer — person: commercial artist
  • graphic language — For specifying graphic operations.
  • grasp the nettle — If you grasp the nettle, you deal with a problem, or do something that is unpleasant, quickly and in a determined way.
  • growth potential — capability of expanding
  • hand screw clamp — a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.
  • haptic interface — (interface, hardware)   A touch interface to a computer that provides feedback, such as a data glove.
  • hard-packed snow — snow which becomes very firmly packed as it becomes refrozen due to cold weather conditions rather than melting
  • have the drop on — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • headed notepaper — notepaper headed with the name and address of a person or organization
  • health inspector — a public employee who inspects places such as restaurants, shops, factories etc to make sure they are hygienic and do not pose any dangers to health
  • hearing-impaired — having reduced or deficient hearing ability; hard-of-hearing: special programs for hearing-impaired persons.
  • heart transplant — surgery to replace a patient's heart
  • heat prostration — heat exhaustion.
  • hemopneumothorax — (medicine) pneumothorax and hemothorax occurring together.
  • hepatopancreases — Plural form of hepatopancreas.
  • herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
  • heteropalindrome — Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap.
  • hierophantically — In a hierophantic manner; in the manner of a hierophant.
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