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15-letter words containing s, o, n

  • 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.
  • hospitalisation — (British) alternative spelling of hospitalization.
  • hospitalization — the act, process, or state of being hospitalized.
  • hostile witness — a witness who gives evidence against the party calling him
  • house physician — a house officer working in a medical as opposed to a surgical discipline
  • household linen — items made of cloth, such as tablecloths, sheets, and pillowcases, that are used in the home
  • housewifization — The process by which the division of labor has relegated women into housewives.
  • housing benefit — In Britain, housing benefit is money that the government gives to people with no income or very low incomes to pay for part or all of their rent.
  • 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.
  • hubble constant — the ratio of the recessional velocity of galaxies to their distance from the sun, with current measurements of its value ranging from 50 to 100 km/sec per megaparsec.
  • 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.
  • humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
  • hump one's swag — (of a tramp) to carry one's belongings from place to place on one's back
  • 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.
  • 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.”.
  • huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
  • hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • hypersomnolence — sleepy; drowsy.
  • hypnotisability — Alternative spelling of hypnotizability.
  • hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
  • hypochondriasis — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
  • hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
  • hypoinsulinemia — (medicine) An abnormally low level of insulin in the blood.
  • hypoinsulinemic — Having hypoinsulinemia.
  • hypomagnesaemia — the condition of having too little magnesium in the blood, particularly in cattle, in which it is also known as lactation tetany
  • hyposensitivity — low or diminished sensitivity to stimulation.
  • hypostatization — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
  • hypovitaminosis — Insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body.
  • i don't suppose — You can say 'I don't suppose' as a way of introducing a polite request.
  • 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.
  • identifications — Plural form of identification.
  • idiosyncratical — Alternative form of idiosyncratic.
  • if nothing else — You can say 'if nothing else' to indicate that what you are mentioning is, in your opinion, the only good thing in a particular situation.
  • ignatius loyola — Saint Ignatius of (Iñigo López de Loyola) 1491–1556, Spanish soldier and ecclesiastic: founder of the Society of Jesus.
  • ignition source — An ignition source is a process or event which can cause a fire or explosion.
  • ignition switch — (on a vehicle) the part that sets the process of ignition in motion once the ignition key is turned; also a button used for the same purpose
  • ignition system — the system in an internal-combustion engine that produces the spark to ignite the mixture of fuel and air: includes the battery, ignition coil, distributor, spark plugs, and associated switches and wiring.
  • ignominiousness — The state or quality of being ignominious.
  • illustriousness — The state of being illustrious.
  • image-conscious — concerned about the way one comes across to other people and the impression one creates
  • immune response — any of the body's immunologic reactions to an antigen.
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