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16-letter words containing t, i, e, d, h

  • electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
  • ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
  • exhaust manifold — An exhaust manifold is a heat-resistant tube that connects an engine to an exhaust pipe.
  • exhumation order — a legal instruction to exhume a body
  • faintheartedness — The quality or state of being fainthearted.
  • fast of gedaliah — Tzom Gedaliah.
  • fat-tailed sheep — one of a class of sheep with much fat along the sides of the tail bones, raised for their meat and widely distributed in southeast Europe, northern Africa, and Asia.
  • federation wheat — an early-maturing drought-resistant variety of wheat developed by William Farrar in 1902
  • finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
  • flathead catfish — a yellow and brown catfish, Pylodictus olivaris, common in the central U.S., having a flattened head and a projecting lower jaw.
  • flight attendant — an airline employee who serves meals, attends to passengers' comfort, etc., during a flight.
  • floridean starch — the storage polysaccharide of red algae.
  • foot in the door — If you say that something helps someone to get their foot in the door or their toe in the door, you mean that it gives them an opportunity to start doing something new, usually in an area that is difficult to succeed in.
  • for the duration — If you say that something will happen for the duration, you mean that it will happen for as long as a particular situation continues.
  • forbid the banns — to raise an objection to a marriage announced in this way
  • forked lightning — Forked lightning is lightning that divides into two or more parts near the ground.
  • fourth dimension — Physics, Mathematics. a dimension in addition to length, width, and depth, used so as to be able to employ geometrical language in discussing phenomena that depend on four variables: Time is considered a fourth dimension for locating points in space-time.
  • french directory — the body of five directors in power in France from 1795 until their overthrow by Napoleon in 1799
  • ft share indexes — any of a number of share indexes published by the Financial Times to reflect various aspects of stock exchange prices
  • garfield heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
  • gilding the lily — If you say that someone is gilding the lily, you mean that they are spoiling something that is already beautiful or perfect by trying to improve it or by praising it too highly.
  • give a hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.
  • glendale heights — a city in NE Illinois.
  • goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
  • graphics adapter — graphics adaptor
  • great-grandchild — a grandchild of one's son or daughter.
  • grind your teeth — If you grind your teeth, you rub your upper and lower teeth together as though you are chewing something.
  • hacienda heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
  • hair conditioner — a substance used, often after shampooing, to detangle and improve the condition of the hair. Like shampoo, it is applied to wet hair and then rinsed out after applying.
  • hamming distance — (data)   The minimum number of bits that must be changed in order to convert one bit string into another. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming.
  • hard times token — any of a series of U.S. copper tokens, issued 1834–41, bearing a political inscription or advertising message and serving as currency during coin shortages.
  • have a good time — enjoy yourself, have fun
  • have a hard time — experience difficulties
  • have a word with — discuss
  • have in the wind — to be in the act of following (quarry) by scent
  • head post office — the main post office in a town
  • headhunting firm — a recruiting agency
  • headmistressship — (rare) Alternative form of headmistress-ship.
  • health education — education that aims to give people the information they need to live healthily
  • heavy with child — pregnant
  • hemorrhoidectomy — the surgical removal of hemorrhoids.
  • hermaphroditical — Alternative form of hermaphroditic.
  • heroin addiction — addiction to the drug heroin
  • heteropalindrome — Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap.
  • high court judge — a judge who sits in the High Court
  • high-speed steel — an especially hard, heat-resistant steel for use in lathe tools and for other applications involving high friction and wear.
  • higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
  • hit one's stride — to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance.
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