14-letter words containing n, i, h, y, d
- hydroxyproline — a nutritionally nonessential amino acid, C 5 H 9 NO 3 , found chiefly in collagen.
- hyperextending — Present participle of hyperextend.
- hypermodernism — a hypermodern approach or theory
- hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
- hyperpigmented — Afflicted with hyperpigmentation.
- hyperthreading — (computing) A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
- hypomixolydian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the last of the eight scales
- hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
- identity theft — crime: pretending to be sb else
- in holy orders — ordained
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- kidney machine — artificial kidney.
- labyrinthodont — any member of several orders of small to large lizardlike terrestrial and freshwater amphibians, some ancestral to land vertebrates, forming the extinct subclass Labyrinthodonta that flourished from the Devonian through the Triassic periods, characterized by a solid, flattened skull and conical teeth.
- light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
- mandibulohyoid — (anatomy) Pertaining both to the mandibular and the hyoid arch.
- north tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 190 800 (2003 est). Area: 84 sq km (32 sq miles)
- ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
- perhydrogenize — perhydrogenate.
- pitch cylinder — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- psychodynamics — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- richard tawney — Richard Henry, 1880–1962, English historian, born in Calcutta.
- sailing dinghy — a small boat or dinghy with a single mast, used esp for recreational sailing
- skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
- south tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 151 700 (2003 est). Area: 64 sq km (25 sq miles)
- terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
- the windy city — Chicago, Illinois
- theory of mind — Psychology, Philosophy. the ability to interpret one’s own and other people’s mental and emotional states, understanding that each person has unique motives, perspectives, etc.: People with autism seem to lack theory of mind. Abbreviation: ToM, TOM.
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- to win the day — If a particular person, group, or thing wins the day, they win a battle, struggle, or competition. If they lose the day, they are defeated.
- un-synthesized — to form (a material or abstract entity) by combining parts or elements (opposed to analyze): to synthesize a statement.
- unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- varnishing day — vernissage (def 1).
- vinyl chloride — a colorless, easily liquefied, flammable, slightly water-soluble gas, C 2 H 3 Cl, having a pleasant, etherlike odor: used in the manufacture of plastics, as a refrigerant, and in the synthesis of polyvinyl chloride and other organic compounds.
- weight density — the weight per unit volume of a substance or object.
- wild hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea arborescens, of the saxifrage family, common throughout the eastern half of the U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and a rounded cluster of white flowers.
- yield strength — the stress necessary to produce a given inelastic strain in a material.
- yorkshire bond — flying bond.