16-letter words containing t, h, i, o
- housing shortage — a deficiency or lack in the number of houses needed to accommodate the population of an area
- hudsonian godwit — any of several large, widely distributed shorebirds of the genus Limosa, as the New World L. haemastica (Hudsonian godwit) having a long bill that curves upward slightly.
- hummingbird moth — hawk moth.
- huntington beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- huyton-with-roby — an urban district in Merseyside, NW England, E of Liverpool.
- hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
- hydroelectricity — pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.
- hydroformylation — the addition of a hydrogen atom and the formyl group to a double bond of a hydrocarbon by reaction with a mixture of carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a catalyst.
- hydrostatic head — The hydrostatic head is the vertical height of a column of fluid.
- hyper-conformity — action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
- hyper-patriotism — devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
- hypercompetitive — Extremely competitive.
- hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
- hypercorrections — Plural form of hypercorrection.
- hyperinnervation — the act of innervating; state of being innervated.
- hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hyperthermophile — (biology) An organism that lives and thrives in an extremely hot environment, such as a deep sea smoker vent; often a member of the Archaea.
- hyperventilation — excessively rapid and deep breathing.
- hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
- hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
- hypoalimentation — insufficient or inadequate nourishment.
- hypocoristically — In a hypocoristic manner.
- hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
- hypophosphatemia — (medicine) An electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of phosphate in the blood, most commonly seen when malnourished patients are given large amounts of carbohydrates, creating a high phosphorus demand in the cells of the body.
- hypophysectomies — Plural form of hypophysectomy.
- hypostatic union — (In Cristianity) Christ's condition of being, at the same time, both human and divine
- hypsilophodontid — An informal grouping of small ornithopod dinosaurs, regarded as fast, herbivorous bipeds on the order of 1\u20132 meters long (3.3-6.6 feet).
- ichthyophthirius — ich.
- 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.
- immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
- immunohematology — the study of blood and blood-forming tissue in relation to the immune response.
- import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs
- in lockstep with — progressing at exactly the same speed and in the same direction as other people or things, esp as a matter of course rather than by choice
- in plain clothes — not wearing a uniform
- 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 long haul — in a future time
- in the long term — You use the expressions in the long term, in the short term, and in the medium term to talk about what will happen over a long period of time, over a short period of time, and over a medium period of time.
- in the middle of — at the centre of
- in the nature of — essentially the same as; by way of
- in the region of — You say in the region of to indicate that an amount that you are stating is approximate.
- in the same boat — a vessel for transport by water, constructed to provide buoyancy by excluding water and shaped to give stability and permit propulsion.
- in the shadow of — very close to; verging upon
- 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 spotlight — prominently featured
- 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.
- indian meal moth — a small pyralid moth, Plodia interpunctella, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals.
- inhospitableness — The quality of being inhospitable.