15-letter words containing t, h, i, n, g
- halting problem — The problem of determining in advance whether a particular program or algorithm will terminate or run forever. The halting problem is the canonical example of a provably unsolvable problem. Obviously any attempt to answer the question by actually executing the algorithm or simulating each step of its execution will only give an answer if the algorithm under consideration does terminate, otherwise the algorithm attempting to answer the question will itself run forever. Some special cases of the halting problem are partially solvable given sufficient resources. For example, if it is possible to record the complete state of the execution of the algorithm at each step and the current state is ever identical to some previous state then the algorithm is in a loop. This might require an arbitrary amount of storage however. Alternatively, if there are at most N possible different states then the algorithm can run for at most N steps without looping. A program analysis called termination analysis attempts to answer this question for limited kinds of input algorithm.
- hang in (there) — to hold steadfast; persevere
- have nothing on — be naked
- hawaiian guitar — a six-to-eight-string electric guitar, fretted with a piece of metal or bone to produce a whining, glissando sound, played in a horizontal position usually resting on the performer's knees or on a stand, and much used by country music performers.
- heart-searching — a thorough examination of one's feelings and motives; a self-examination of one's conscience.
- heartbreakingly — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heat-conducting — able to conduct heat or whose function is to conduct heat
- heating element — a coil or other arrangement of wire in which heat is produced by an electric current
- heavy breathing — stertorous breathing or breathing done with difficulty
- heritage centre — a museum that houses exhibits describing the culture and history of a particular place and its inhabitants
- heterogeneities — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
- high and mighty — self-important, arrogant
- high definition — a system for screen display of images that are sharper and more detailed than normal, having many more than the standard number of scanning lines per frame: Most TV shows are available in high definition. Abbreviation: HD. See also high-definition television.
- high on the hog — in a luxurious or costly way
- high resolution — a great amount of detail visible in a photographic, TV, or video image
- high technology — any technology requiring the most sophisticated scientific equipment and advanced engineering techniques, as microelectronics, data processing, genetic engineering, or telecommunications (opposed to low technology).
- high-and-mighty — haughty; arrogant.
- high-angle shot — a shot taken from a camera positioned above the action
- high-definition — High-definition television or technology is a digital system that gives a much clearer picture than traditional television systems.
- high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
- highland cattle — a breed of cattle with shaggy hair, usually reddish-brown in colour, and long horns
- hit the ceiling — the overhead interior surface of a room.
- holding pattern — a traffic pattern for aircraft at a specified location (holding point) where they are ordered to remain until permitted to land or proceed.
- homing instinct — an instinct that enables an animal to return home after travelling great distances
- honey tangerine — a citrus fruit with a deep-orange pulp, formed by crossing a tangerine and a sweet orange hybrid; Murcott
- hot-bulb engine — a low-compression oil engine requiring a heated bulb or cap for ignition.
- hot-dip coating — the process of coating sheets of iron or steel with molten zinc.
- 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 accent — indeterminacy as to which of two consecutive syllables in a line of verse bears the metrical stress, as in any of the first three feet of Slow, slow, / fresh fount, / keep time / with my / salt tears.
- hung parliament — a parliament that does not have a party with a working majority
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- huntington park — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hyper-energetic — possessing or exhibiting energy, especially in abundance; vigorous: an energetic leader.
- hypoventilating — Present participle of hypoventilate.
- 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.
- 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
- immunohistology — the microscopic study of tissues with the aid of antibodies that bind to tissue components and reveal their presence.
- immunopathology — the study of diseases having an immunologic or allergic basis.
- in (the) grease — fat and ready to be killed
- in a good light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- in a tight spot — in difficult situation
- in keeping with — in conformity or accord with
- in nothing flat — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- in the doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
- in the eighties — between 80–89 degrees in temperature
- in the light of — in view of, given
- in the long 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.