13-letter words containing t, h, e, i
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- hundredweight — Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt.
- hunger strike — refusal to eat as a protest
- hunger-strike — to go on a hunger strike.
- hunter trials — a test for hunters held under the auspices of a hunt, in which the course is laid with obstacles to simulate actual hunting conditions.
- hunter's pink — a brilliant red often used for the jackets of hunters.
- hunter-killer — of or relating to a combined naval air and fleet force operating to seek out and destroy enemy submarines.
- hunting knife — a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.
- hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
- hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
- hyacinth bean — an Old World tropical vine, Dolichos lablab, of the legume family, having purple or white flowers and black or white seeds in a papery, beaked pod.
- hybrid system — a way of working, organizing, or doing something that is composed of elements of two separate systems
- hydrargillite — gibbsite.
- hydrated lime — a soft, white, crystalline, very slightly water-soluble powder, Ca(OH) 2 , obtained by the action of water on lime: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements.
- hydroelectric — pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.
- hydrogenating — Present participle of hydrogenate.
- hydrogenation — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hydronitrogen — a chemical compound containing only hydrogen and nitrogen.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- hyperactivate — (biology) To cause or undergo hyperactivation.
- hyperactively — In a hyperactive manner.
- hyperactivity — the condition of being hyperactive.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypercritical — excessively or meticulously critical; overcritical.
- hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- hyperdactylia — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hyperdicrotic — having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
- hyperesthesia — an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.
- hyperesthetic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hyperesthesia.
- hypereutectic — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hypergalactia — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hyperimmunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
- hyperinflated — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hypermagnetic — (physics) Extremely magnetic.
- hypermetrical — Hypermetric.
- hypermetropia — a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness (opposed to myopia).
- hypermetropic — Exhibiting or relating to hypermetropia.
- hypermobility — An excess amount of elasticity in a bodily joint.
- hypermorality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- hypermotility — excessive motility of the stomach or intestine (opposed to hypomotility).
- hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
- hypernatremia — an abnormally high concentration of sodium in the blood.
- hyperparasite — an organism that is parasitic on or in another parasite.
- hyperrational — characterized by excessive rationality
- hyperreactive — Showing a much greater than normal response to a stimulus.