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15-letter words containing p, o, c, h

  • fahnestock clip — a type of terminal using a spring that clamps readily onto a connecting wire.
  • fourth republic — the republic established in France in 1945 and replaced by the Fifth Republic in 1958.
  • frederic chopin — Frédéric François [fred-uh-rik fran-swah,, fred-rik;; French frey-dey-reek frahn-swa] /ˈfrɛd ə rɪk frænˈswɑ,, ˈfrɛd rɪk;; French freɪ deɪˈrik frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1810–49, Polish composer and pianist, in France after 1831.
  • fusospirochetal — Relating to fusospirochetes.
  • fusospirochetes — Plural form of fusospirochete.
  • geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • gigantopithecus — a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived.
  • glossographical — relating to glossography
  • gramophonically — in a gramophonic manner
  • graph colouring — (application)   A constraint-satisfaction problem often used as a test case in research, which also turns out to be equivalent to certain real-world problems (e.g. register allocation). Given a connected graph and a fixed number of colours, the problem is to assign a colour to each node, subject to the constraint that any two connected nodes cannot be assigned the same colour. This is an example of an NP-complete problem. See also four colour map theorem.
  • graph reduction — A technique invented by Chris Wadsworth where an expression is represented as a directed graph (usually drawn as an inverted tree). Each node represents a function call and its subtrees represent the arguments to that function. Subtrees are replaced by the expansion or value of the expression they represent. This is repeated until the tree has been reduced to a value with no more function calls (a normal form). In contrast to string reduction, graph reduction has the advantage that common subexpressions are represented as pointers to a single instance of the expression which is only reduced once. It is the most commonly used technique for implementing lazy evaluation.
  • graphologically — In terms of or by means of graphology.
  • gynandromorphic — (of an organism) Having male and female characteristics.
  • haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
  • hausdorff space — a topological space in which each pair of points can be separated by two disjoint open sets containing the points.
  • have one's pick — If you have your pick of a group of things, you are able to choose any of them that you want.
  • helicopter view — an overview of a situation without any details
  • hemicryptophyte — any perennial plant that bears its overwintering buds at soil level, where they are often partly covered by surface debris
  • hepaticological — of or relating to hepaticology
  • hepatocarcinoma — (pathology) cancer of the liver.
  • hexachlorophene — a white, crystalline powder, C 13 Cl 6 H 6 O 2 , insoluble in water: used as an antibacterial agent chiefly in toothpastes and soaps.
  • histopathologic — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
  • historiographic — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
  • hit the jackpot — the chief prize or the cumulative stakes in a game or contest, as in bingo, a quiz contest, or a slot machine.
  • holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
  • holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
  • holographically — In a holographic way.
  • homeopathically — By means of homeopathy.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • hot-dip coating — the process of coating sheets of iron or steel with molten zinc.
  • 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.
  • huitzilopochtli — the Aztec god of war and of the sun.
  • humpback salmon — a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.
  • hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
  • hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
  • hydropathically — in a hydropathic manner; in a manner relating to hydropathy
  • hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
  • hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
  • 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
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
  • 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.
  • hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
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