16-letter words containing p, i, n, e, r
- gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
- 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.
- gender-profiling — the use of personal characteristics or behavior patterns to make generalizations about a person, as in gender profiling.
- general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
- general practice — family practice.
- 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.
- gingerbread palm — doom palm.
- gingerbread plum — a tree, Neocarya macrophylla, of western Africa, bearing a large, edible, starchy fruit.
- grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
- granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
- graphic designer — person: commercial artist
- graphic language — For specifying graphic operations.
- great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
- group identifier — (operating system) (gid) A unique number, between 0 an 32767, identifying a set of users under Unix. Gids are found in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group databases (or their NIS equivalents) and one is also associated with each file, indicating the group to which its group permissions apply.
- growth potential — capability of expanding
- haptic interface — (interface, hardware) A touch interface to a computer that provides feedback, such as a data glove.
- 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.
- heat prostration — heat exhaustion.
- 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.
- high-compression — of a modern type of internal-combustion engine designed so that the fuel mixture is compressed into a smaller cylinder space, resulting in more pressure on the pistons and more power
- high-performance — A high-performance car or other product goes very fast or does a lot.
- hispano-american — Spanish.
- hit one's straps — to achieve one's full potential or become fully effective
- honeymoon period — a period of popularity enjoyed by a new government, or a new occupant of a post
- hopfield network — (artificial intelligence) (Or "Hopfield model") A kind of neural network investigated by John Hopfield in the early 1980s. The Hopfield network has no special input or output neurons (see McCulloch-Pitts), but all are both input and output, and all are connected to all others in both directions (with equal weights in the two directions). Input is applied simultaneously to all neurons which then output to each other and the process continues until a stable state is reached, which represents the network output.
- horizontal plane — flat surface parallel to the horizon
- 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.
- hunt the slipper — a children's game in which the players look for a hidden slipper or other object, such as a thimble (hunt the thimble)
- hyper-conformity — action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
- hyper-excitement — an excited state or condition.
- hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
- hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
- hypercorrections — Plural form of hypercorrection.
- hyperinnervation — the act of innervating; state of being innervated.
- hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.
- hyperinsulinemic — Suffering from or characterized by hyperinsulinemia, an excessively high level of insulin in the blood.
- hyperintelligent — having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals: an intelligent student.
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- hypersensibility — capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
- hypersensitivity — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
- hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
- 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.