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16-letter words containing s, t, h, r, i, n

  • heat prostration — heat exhaustion.
  • hematocrystallin — (biology, archaic) hemoglobin.
  • herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
  • heterosuggestion — Suggestion from outside.
  • historical novel — a novel within the genre of historical fiction.
  • hit one's straps — to achieve one's full potential or become fully effective
  • hit one's stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
  • horizon distance — Television. the distance of the farthest point on the earth's surface visible from a transmitting antenna.
  • hospital corners — 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 shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
  • hunt the slipper — a children's game in which the players look for a hidden slipper or other object, such as a thimble (hunt the thimble)
  • hypercorrections — Plural form of hypercorrection.
  • hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hypersensibility — capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
  • hypersensitivity — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
  • 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.
  • hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
  • icositetrahedron — a solid figure having 24 faces.
  • immersion heater — a small electric coil used to heat a liquid, as a cup of water, in which it is immersed.
  • in the course of — If something happens in the course of a particular period of time, it happens during that period of time.
  • in the short run — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • in the throes of — If you are in the throes of doing or experiencing something, especially something difficult, you are busy doing it or are deeply involved in it.
  • in the worst way — bad or ill in the highest, greatest, or most extreme degree: the worst person.
  • interhemispheric — of, relating to, or between hemispheres, as of the earth: interhemispheric cooperation.
  • intrapreneurship — The practice of applying entrepreneurial skills and approaches within an established company.
  • judaeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • karelian isthmus — a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and the Gulf of Finland, in the NW Russian Federation.
  • knights of labor — a secret workingmen's organization formed in 1869 to defend the interests of labor.
  • left parenthesis — (character)   "(". ASCII character 40. Common names: left paren; left parenthesis; left; open; paren (")" = thesis); open paren; open parenthesis; left parenthesis; left banana. Rare: so (")" = already); lparen; ITU-T: opening parenthesis; open round bracket, left round bracket, INTERCAL: wax (")" = wane); parenthisey (")" = unparenthisey); left ear. Paired with right parenthesis (")").
  • lightheartedness — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
  • lightning strike — A lightning strike is a strike in which workers stop work suddenly and without any warning, in order to protest about something.
  • lightning stroke — a discharge of lightning between a cloud and the earth, esp one that causes damage
  • lose one's shirt — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
  • magnesiochromite — (mineral) A chromite species with the formula MgCr2O4.
  • magnetochemistry — the study of magnetic and chemical phenomena in their relation to one another.
  • man-eating shark — any shark known to attack humans, especially the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias.
  • matrix mechanics — a formulation of non-relativistic quantum mechanics in which physical quantities are represented by matrices and matrix algebra is used to predict the outcome of physical measurements.
  • matthew flindersMatthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
  • mechanochemistry — the field of chemistry that deals with the direct conversion of chemical into mechanical energy.
  • merchant service — A merchant service is a provider of credit card processing services.
  • metamorphosising — Present participle of metamorphosise.
  • military honours — ceremonies performed by troops in honour of royalty, at the burial of an officer, etc
  • misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
  • modern synthesis — a consolidation of the results of various lines of investigation from the 1920s through the 1950s that supported and reconciled the Darwinian theory of evolution and the Mendelian laws of inheritance in terms of natural selection acting on genetic variation.
  • mothering sunday — Laetare Sunday.
  • mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
  • narcotics charge — a criminal charge or accusation concerning the use or dealing of illegal drugs
  • neo-christianity — any interpretation of Christianity based on the prevalent philosophy of a given period.
  • neurasthenically — In a neurasthenic way.
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