15-letter words containing s, e, r, n
- horner's method — a technique, involving successive substitutions, for approximating the real roots of an equation with real coefficients.
- horror-stricken — Horror-stricken means the same as horror-struck.
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- 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.
- housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
- hovering vessel — a vessel in territorial waters apparently collaborating in illicit operations.
- hughes syndrome — a condition of the autoimmune system caused by antibodies reacting against phospholipids, leading to thrombosis
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
- hundred flowers — the 1957 political campaign in the People's Republic of China to encourage greater freedom of intellectual expression, initiated by Mao Zedong under the slogan “Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.”.
- hundred's place — hundred (def 8).
- huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- hyperactiveness — The state or quality of being hyperactive.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
- hyperanakinesia — abnormally active mechanical movement, especially of the stomach or intestine.
- 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
- hyperextensible — Capable of being stretched and extended.
- hyperinsulinism — excessive insulin in the blood, resulting in hypoglycemia.
- hyperovarianism — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
- hyperresponsive — responding especially readily and sympathetically to appeals, efforts, influences, etc.: a responsive government.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- hypersensitized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersensitize.
- hypersomnolence — sleepy; drowsy.
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- ibero-maurusian — of or relating to an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa that preceded the Capsian culture and was once erroneously thought to have originated in southwestern Europe; characterized by the use of backed bladelets, occupation of the maritime plain, and the hunting of the Barbary sheep.
- identity crisis — a period or episode of psychological distress, often occurring in adolescence but sometimes in adulthood, when a person seeks a clearer sense of self and an acceptable role in society.
- identity papers — law: legal documents
- ignition source — An ignition source is a process or event which can cause a fire or explosion.
- illustriousness — The state of being illustrious.
- immensurability — The quality of being immensurable.
- immune response — any of the body's immunologic reactions to an antigen.
- immunoadsorbent — immunosorbent.
- immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- imperviableness — the state of being imperviable
- importunateness — Quality of being importunate.
- impregnableness — The state of being impregnable; impregnability.
- impressibleness — The state of being impressible; impressibility.
- impressionistic — a person who follows or adheres to the theories, methods, and practices of impressionism, especially in the fields of painting, music, or literature.
- impulse turbine — a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.
- in (the) grease — fat and ready to be killed
- in all weathers — If you say that someone does something in all weathers, you mean that they do it regularly whether the weather is good or bad.
- in conversation — If you say that people are in conversation, you mean that they are talking together.
- in harness with — in cooperation with
- in its entirety — completely, wholly
- in one's tracks — a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- in some measure — a unit or standard of measurement: weights and measures.
- in the abstract — When you talk or think about something in the abstract, you talk or think about it in a general way, rather than considering particular things or events.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed