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16-letter words containing p, s, e

  • 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.
  • hypersusceptible — hypersensitive (def 2).
  • hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
  • hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
  • hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
  • hypophosphatemia — (medicine) An electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of phosphate in the blood, most commonly seen when malnourished patients are given large amounts of carbohydrates, creating a high phosphorus demand in the cells of the body.
  • hypophysectomies — Plural form of hypophysectomy.
  • ice-cream supper — an ice-cream social held in the late afternoon or early evening.
  • image processing — (graphics)   Computer manipulation of images. Some of the many algorithms used in image processing include convolution (on which many others are based), FFT, DCT, thinning (or skeletonisation), edge detection and contrast enhancement. These are usually implemented in software but may also use special purpose hardware for speed. Image processing contrasts with computer graphics, which is usually more concerned with the generation of artificial images, and visualisation, which attempts to understand (real-world) data by displaying it as an artificial image (e.g. a graph). Image processing is used in image recognition and computer vision. See also Pilot European Image Processing Archive.
  • immunocompromise — (medicine) The state of having a compromised immune system.
  • immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
  • immunosuppressed — the inhibition of the normal immune response because of disease, the administration of drugs, or surgery.
  • immunosuppressor — (pharmacology) An immunosuppressive agent.
  • impact extrusion — an extrusion process in which a slug of cold metal in a shallow die cavity is formed by the action of a rapidly moving punch that forces the metal through the die or back around the punch.
  • impact structure — a large geologic formation, as a crater, created by a comet's or meteor's collision with a planet.
  • impenetrableness — The quality of being impenetrable.
  • imperceptiveness — The quality of being imperceptive.
  • imperfect fungus — a fungus for which only the asexual reproductive stage is known, as any fungus of the Fungi imperfecti.
  • imperfectiveness — (grammar) The state or quality of being imperfective.
  • imperishableness — The characteristic or property of being imperishable.
  • impermissibility — The state or condition of being impermissible.
  • import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
  • impracticalities — Plural form of impracticality.
  • in lockstep with — progressing at exactly the same speed and in the same direction as other people or things, esp as a matter of course rather than by choice
  • in loco parentis — in the place or role of a parent.
  • in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
  • in plain english — in clear and simple language
  • in the spotlight — prominently featured
  • inapplicableness — The state or quality of being inapplicable; inapplicability.
  • inauspiciousness — The state, quality, or condition of being inauspicious or unpropitious; unfavorableness.
  • incomprehensible — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
  • incomprehensibly — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
  • incorrespondence — Lack of correspondence; failure to correspond or match up; disagreement; disproportion.
  • indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
  • indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
  • indo-europeanist — a linguist specializing in the study, especially the comparative study, of the Indo-European languages.
  • inexplicableness — The state of being difficult to account for; the state of being inexplicable.
  • inhospitableness — The quality of being inhospitable.
  • inmos transputer — transputer
  • insect repellent — chemical that deters insects
  • installment plan — a system for paying for an item in fixed amounts at specified intervals.
  • instrument panel — Also called instrument board. a panel on which are mounted an array of dials, lights, and gauges that monitor the performance of a machine or device, as an airplane.
  • insurance policy — contract that insures sth
  • insusceptibility — not susceptible; incapable of being influenced or affected (usually followed by of or to): insusceptible of flattery; insusceptible to infection.
  • integer specrate — SPECrate_int92
  • inter-comparison — the act of comparing.
  • interdependences — Plural form of interdependence.
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