16-letter words containing t, r, e, p, a
- great soil group — according to a system of classification that originated in Russia, any of several broad groups of soils with common characteristics usually associated with particular climates and vegetation types.
- growth potential — capability of expanding
- haptic interface — (interface, hardware) A touch interface to a computer that provides feedback, such as a data glove.
- have the drop on — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- headed notepaper — notepaper headed with the name and address of a person or organization
- headmistressship — (rare) Alternative form of headmistress-ship.
- health inspector — a public employee who inspects places such as restaurants, shops, factories etc to make sure they are hygienic and do not pose any dangers to health
- healthcare proxy — a legal document in which a person can appoint someone to make decisions about medical treatment in the event that he or she is no longer mentally competent or able to communicate.
- heart transplant — surgery to replace a patient's heart
- heat prostration — heat exhaustion.
- heliotherapeutic — Pertaining to heliotherapy.
- hemopneumothorax — (medicine) pneumothorax and hemothorax occurring together.
- hemotherapeutics — hemotherapy.
- hepatopancreases — Plural form of hepatopancreas.
- hermaphroditical — Alternative form of hermaphroditic.
- herpes genitalis — genital herpes.
- heteropalindrome — Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap.
- hierophantically — In a hierophantic manner; in the manner of a hierophant.
- high-pass filter — a filter that allows high-frequency electromagnetic signals to pass while rejecting or attenuating others below a specific value.
- high/great hopes — If you have high hopes or great hopes that something will happen, you are confident that it will happen.
- historiographies — Plural form of historiography.
- hit one's straps — to achieve one's full potential or become fully effective
- horizontal plane — flat surface parallel to the horizon
- 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.
- hospital service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
- hybrid perpetual — a type of cultivated rose bred from varieties having vigorous growth and more or less recurrent bloom.
- hygrothermograph — an instrument for recording temperature and relative humidity.
- hyper-patriotism — devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
- hyperaccumulator — a plant that absorbs toxins, such as heavy metals, to a greater concentration than that in the soil in which it is growing
- hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
- hyperinnervation — the act of innervating; state of being innervated.
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- hyperperistalsis — the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system, especially the alimentary canal, by which the contents are forced through the system.
- hyperpituitarism — overactivity of the pituitary gland.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hypervariability — apt or liable to vary or change; changeable: variable weather; variable moods.
- hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hyperventilating — Present participle of hyperventilate.
- hyperventilation — excessively rapid and deep breathing.
- hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
- immunodepressant — preventing or diminishing the immune response
- impact extrusion — an extrusion process in which a slug of cold metal in a shallow die cavity is formed by the action of a rapidly moving punch that forces the metal through the die or back around the punch.
- impact parameter — the perpendicular distance from the original center of a set of scattering particles to the original line of motion of a particle being scattered.
- impact structure — a large geologic formation, as a crater, created by a comet's or meteor's collision with a planet.
- impenetrableness — The quality of being impenetrable.
- imperfect market — a market where buyers or sellers can influence the market, and there is a lack of product information
- imperfectability — The quality of not being perfectable; of being forever imperfect.
- imperturbability — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- implied warranty — a warranty not stated explicitly by the seller of merchandise or real property but presumed for reasons of commercial or legal custom (distinguished from express warranty).