15-letter words containing r, h, y, m, i
- hydraulic motor — a motor that converts the kinetic or potential energy of a fluid into mechanical energy.
- hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hydroxonium ion — a positive ion, H3O+, formed by the attachment of a proton to a water molecule: occurs in solutions of acids and behaves like a hydrogen ion
- hydroxycoumarin — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of coumarin, some of which are the basis of pharmaceuticals.
- hyper-emotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- hyperexcitement — excessive or extreme excitement
- hyperfemininity — the quality of being feminine; womanliness.
- hyperinsulinism — excessive insulin in the blood, resulting in hypoglycemia.
- hyperlipidaemia — Alternative spelling of hyperlipidemia.
- hyperlipoidemia — An abnormally high level of lipoids in the blood.
- hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- hypermutability — liable or subject to change or alteration.
- hyperovarianism — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
- hyperparasitism — an organism that is parasitic on or in another parasite.
- hyperpotassemia — hyperkalemia.
- hyperthyroidism — overactivity of the thyroid gland.
- hypocortisolism — (medicine) A cortisol deficiency.
- 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.
- hypopituitarism — abnormally diminished activity of the pituitary gland, especially of the anterior lobe.
- hypoproteinemia — an abnormally low concentration of protein in the blood.
- hystricomorphic — relating to a suborder of rodents
- identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
- immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
- imperfect-rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- in the majority — the largest group
- inch of mercury — a unit of atmospheric pressure, being the pressure equal to that exerted by a column of mercury one inch high under standard conditions of temperature and gravity: 33.864 millibars. Abbreviation: in. Hg.
- laser chemistry — the use of a laser to initiate and control chemical reactions.
- lithium battery — A lithium battery is a type of battery used for low-power, high-reliability, long-life applications, such as clocks, cameras and calculators.
- logarithmically — In a logarithmic manner.
- machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
- marital therapy — a psychotherapeutic treatment for married couples, who are seen by a therapist both individually and jointly to assist them in resolving various problems related to their marriage.
- masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- merchantability — The state of being merchantable.
- merry christmas — well-wishes for Christmas season
- metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
- methyl chloride — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
- michael faraday — Michael, 1791–1867, English physicist and chemist: discoverer of electromagnetic induction.
- microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
- micromorphology — the study of the form and structure of organisms at a microscopic level
- microphotometry — the use of microphotometers to measure the intensity of light transmitted or reflected by very small areas
- microphysically — in a microphysical manner
- microsporophyll — a leaflike organ bearing microsporangia.
- microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
- microtopography — microrelief.