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16-letter words containing r, e, n, t, a, m

  • have no time for — not tolerate
  • haversian system — a Haversian canal and the series of concentric bony plates surrounding it.
  • head arrangement — a roughly outlined musical arrangement that is played from memory and is often learned by ear.
  • headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
  • hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
  • hemopneumothorax — (medicine) pneumothorax and hemothorax occurring together.
  • herman hollerith — (person)   The promulgator of the punched card. Hollerith was born on 1860-02-29 and died on 1929-11-17. He graduated from Columbia University, NewYork, NY, USA. He joined the US Census Bureau as a statistician where he used a punched card device to help analyse the 1880 US census data. This punched card system stored data in 80 columns. This "80-column" concept has carried forward in various forms into modern applications. In 1896, Hollerith founded the Tabulating Machine Company to exploit his invention and in 1924 his firm became part of IBM. The Hollerith system was used for the 1911 UK census. A correspondant writes: Wasn't Hollerith's original machine first used for the 1990 US census? And I think I am right in saying that the physical layout was a 20x12 grid of round holes. The one I have seen (picture only, unfortunately, not the real thing) did not use 'columns' as such but holes were grouped into irregularly-shaped fields, such that each hole had a more-or-less independent function.
  • hermitian matrix — Mathematics. a matrix, whose entries are complex numbers, equal to the transpose of the matrix whose entries are the conjugates of the entries of the given matrix.
  • heteropalindrome — Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap.
  • horseshoe magnet — a horseshoe-shaped permanent magnet.
  • hydrated alumina — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, Al(OH) 3 or Al 2 O 3 ⋅3H 2 O, obtained chiefly from bauxite: used in the manufacture of glass, ceramics, and printing inks, in dyeing, and in medicine as an antacid and in the treatment of ulcers.
  • hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
  • hydraulic cement — cement that can solidify under water.
  • hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
  • hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
  • immelmann (turn) — a maneuver in which an airplane is half looped to an upside-down position and then half rolled back to normal, upright flight: used to gain altitude while reversing direction
  • immersion heater — a small electric coil used to heat a liquid, as a cup of water, in which it is immersed.
  • immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
  • immunoregulation — (immunology) The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages.
  • immunoregulatory — Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
  • 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.
  • impenetrableness — The quality of being impenetrable.
  • implied warranty — a warranty not stated explicitly by the seller of merchandise or real property but presumed for reasons of commercial or legal custom (distinguished from express warranty).
  • in general terms — generally, approximately
  • in-law apartment — a self-contained living area within a single-family home, as for an aging parent.
  • in/into a temper — If someone is in a temper or gets into a temper, the way that they are behaving shows that they are feeling angry and impatient.
  • indirect primary — a primary in which members of a party elect delegates to a party convention that in turn elects the party's candidates.
  • indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
  • indiscriminative — Making no distinction; not discriminating.
  • information desk — helpdesk, information point
  • inmos transputer — transputer
  • 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.
  • instrumentalists — Plural form of instrumentalist.
  • inter-comparison — the act of comparing.
  • interappointment — Between appointments.
  • intercommunicate — to communicate mutually, as people.
  • interculturalism — The philosophy of exchanges between cultural groups within a society.
  • interdimensional — Between dimensions.
  • interest payment — a payment of interest on a loan or mortgage
  • interim accounts — accounts published in the course of the financial year
  • interior lineman — one of the players positioned on the line of scrimmage between the ends.
  • interior mapping — an open map.
  • interlaced image — progressive coding
  • intermediateness — The condition of being intermediate.
  • interminableness — The state or condition of being interminable.
  • interministerial — pertaining to the ministry of religion, or to a minister or other member of the clergy.
  • internationalism — the principle of cooperation among nations, for the promotion of their common good, sometimes as contrasted with nationalism, or devotion to the interests of a particular nation.
  • intertestamental — of or relating to the period between the close of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Testament.
  • intimate apparel — lingerie (sense 2)
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