15-letter words containing n, i, e, c
- hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
- heliacal rising — rising of a celestial object at approximately the same time as the rising of the sun
- heliocentricity — measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.
- hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
- hemicraniectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the cranium to enable brain surgery; hemicraniotomy.
- hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
- hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
- henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
- hepatocarcinoma — (pathology) cancer of the liver.
- herbal medicine — the use of herbs to treat illness
- heritage centre — a museum that houses exhibits describing the culture and history of a particular place and its inhabitants
- hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- heterochromatin — the dense, highly stainable part of a chromosome.
- hexylresorcinol — white or yellowish-white, needle-shaped crystals, C 12 H 18 O 2 , used chiefly as an antiseptic and for the expulsion of intestinal worms.
- hibernicization — the process or act of making Irish
- high technology — any technology requiring the most sophisticated scientific equipment and advanced engineering techniques, as microelectronics, data processing, genetic engineering, or telecommunications (opposed to low technology).
- high-dependency — needing or providing a more than usually high level of healthcare
- high-principled — possessing or displaying very high moral or ethical principles
- highland cattle — a breed of cattle with shaggy hair, usually reddish-brown in colour, and long horns
- hip replacement — a surgical procedure involving replacing the hip joint with an artificial implant
- hit the ceiling — the overhead interior surface of a room.
- hobson's choice — the choice of taking either that which is offered or nothing; the absence of a real alternative.
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
- homing guidance — a method of missile guidance in which internal equipment enables it to steer itself onto the target, as by sensing the target's heat radiation
- homo economicus — a theoretical human being who rationally calculates the costs and benefits of every action before making a decision, used as the basis for a number of economic theories and models
- honeycomb tripe — a part of the inner lining of the stomach of the steer, calf, hog, or sheep, resembling a honeycomb in appearance and considered a table delicacy.
- hoosier cabinet — a tall kitchen cabinet mass-produced during the early part of the 20th century, usually of oak, featuring an enameled work surface, storage bins, a flour sifter, etc.
- horror-stricken — Horror-stricken means the same as horror-struck.
- hospital corner — 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.
- hotline connect — (messaging) A suite of communication products developed by Hotline Communications Ltd. Hotline Connect is a real-time, multi-platform Internet/Intranet communication suite, that operates independent of the web. It provides easy-to-use private and public virtual community building and live interaction with real-time chat, conferencing, messaging, data warehousing, file transfer, and viewing. Version: 1.7.2, as of 1999-12-07.
- house physician — a house officer working in a medical as opposed to a surgical discipline
- housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
- hovering accent — indeterminacy as to which of two consecutive syllables in a line of verse bears the metrical stress, as in any of the first three feet of Slow, slow, / fresh fount, / keep time / with my / salt tears.
- hull efficiency — the ratio of the quantity of work required to tow a certain hull at a given speed to that required to drive it with a certain propeller: used in propeller design.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hyper-energetic — possessing or exhibiting energy, especially in abundance; vigorous: an energetic leader.
- hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
- hypercalcinuria — Condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism.
- hypercorrection — the substitution, in an inappropriate context, of a pronunciation, grammatical form, or usage thought by the speaker or writer to be appropriate, resulting usually from overgeneralizing in an effort to replace seemingly incorrect forms with correct ones, as the substitution of between you and I for between you and me, by analogy with you and I as the subject of a sentence.
- hyperexcitement — excessive or extreme excitement
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- hypoinsulinemic — Having hypoinsulinemia.
- identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.