15-letter words containing o, n, e, p
- hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
- 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.
- 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.
- human geography — the study of the interaction between human beings and their environment in particular places and across spatial areas.
- human megaphone — the technique of using a crowd of people to repeat a speaker's words in unison
- hump one's swag — (of a tramp) to carry one's belongings from place to place on one's back
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
- hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
- hyper-emotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
- 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
- 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.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hyperinvolution — a decrease in the size of an organ following enlargement, usually used to describe the shrinking of the uterus after childbirth
- hyperovarianism — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
- hyperpolarizing — Present participle of hyperpolarize.
- hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
- hyperresponsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- hypersomnolence — sleepy; drowsy.
- hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- hypodorian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from A to A, with the final on D.
- hypoinsulinemia — (medicine) An abnormally low level of insulin in the blood.
- hypoinsulinemic — Having hypoinsulinemia.
- hypoionian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from G to G, with the final on C.
- hypolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from C to C, with the final on F.
- hypomagnesaemia — the condition of having too little magnesium in the blood, particularly in cattle, in which it is also known as lactation tetany
- hypoproteinemia — an abnormally low concentration of protein in the blood.
- hyposensitivity — low or diminished sensitivity to stimulation.
- hypoventilating — Present participle of hypoventilate.
- hypoventilation — Breathing at an abnormally slow rate, resulting in an increased amount of carbon dioxide in the blood.
- i don't suppose — You can say 'I don't suppose' as a way of introducing a polite request.
- immune response — any of the body's immunologic reactions to an antigen.
- immunocompetent — having the potential for immunologic response; capable of developing immunity after exposure to antigen.
- impecuniousness — The property of being impecunious.
- imperial gallon — a British gallon used in liquid and dry measurement equivalent to 1.2 U.S. gallons, or 4.54 liters.
- implementations — Plural form of implementation.
- implied consent — a manifestation of consent to something through conduct, including inaction or silence.
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- importunateness — Quality of being importunate.
- impressionistic — a person who follows or adheres to the theories, methods, and practices of impressionism, especially in the fields of painting, music, or literature.
- in dependent of — not influenced or controlled by others in matters of opinion, conduct, etc.; thinking or acting for oneself: an independent thinker.
- in one's pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- in pari delicto — in equal fault; equally culpable or blameworthy.
- in spite of sth — You use in spite of to introduce a fact which makes the rest of the statement you are making seem surprising.
- in the shape of — You can use in the shape of to state exactly who or what you are referring to, immediately after referring to them in a general way.