16-letter words containing di
- 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.
- hansen's disease — leprosy.
- heads-up display — an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. Abbreviation: HUD.
- hermaphroditical — Alternative form of hermaphroditic.
- heroin addiction — addiction to the drug heroin
- hexanedioic acid — adipic acid.
- holder condition — Lipschitz condition.
- hookworm disease — any of certain bloodsucking nematode worms, as Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus, parasitic in the intestine of humans and other animals.
- horizon distance — Television. the distance of the farthest point on the earth's surface visible from a transmitting antenna.
- horseback riding — activity: riding a horse
- horseradish tree — a tropical tree, Moringa pterygosperma, having fragrant white flowers and seeds yielding a commercially useful oil.
- huffman encoding — Huffman coding
- hydraulic radius — the ratio of the cross-sectional area to the perimeter of a pipe, outlet, or the like, through which a fluid is flowing.
- immediate family — parents, siblings, children
- immethodicalness — Lack of method; the quality of being immethodical.
- in addition (to) — besides; as well (as)
- incommodiousness — The state or quality of being incommodious.
- indian breadroot — breadroot.
- indian liquorice — a woody leguminous climbing plant, Abrus precatorius, native to tropical Asia and naturalized elsewhere, having scarlet black-spotted poisonous seeds, used as beads, and roots used as a substitute for liquorice
- indian meal moth — a small pyralid moth, Plodia interpunctella, whose larvae are an important pest of stored cereals.
- indian territory — a former territory of the U.S.: now in E Oklahoma. About 31,000 sq. mi. (80,000 sq. km).
- indian wrestling — arm wrestling
- indianapolis 500 — a 500-mile oval-track race for rear-engine cars having particular specifications, held annually in Indianapolis, Ind.
- indigestibleness — The quality of being indigestible.
- indirect address — the address in a storage location that contains the actual machine address of a data item or of other information, as the next instruction, or that contains another indirect address.
- indirect primary — a primary in which members of a party elect delegates to a party convention that in turn elects the party's candidates.
- indiscernibility — The state or characteristic of being indiscernible; inability to be observed.
- indiscriminantly — Misspelling of indiscriminately.
- indiscriminately — not discriminating; lacking in care, judgment, selectivity, etc.: indiscriminate in one's friendships.
- indiscriminating — not discriminating.
- indiscrimination — an act or instance of not discriminating.
- indiscriminative — Making no distinction; not discriminating.
- indispensability — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
- indisputableness — The property of being indisputable.
- indissolubleness — The quality of being indissoluble.
- indivisibilities — not divisible; not separable into parts; incapable of being divided: one nation indivisible.
- inter-divisional — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
- interdimensional — Between dimensions.
- interim dividend — smaller payout
- intermediateness — The condition of being intermediate.
- internal auditor — a person who carries out an internal audit
- iridochoroiditis — inflammation of the iris and the choroid.
- irremediableness — The state or quality of being irremediable.
- irrigation ditch — trench supplying land with water
- judicial inquiry — a formal legal investigation conducted into a matter of public concern by a judge, appointed by the government
- jurisdictionally — In a jurisdictional way.
- kawasaki disease — an acute illness of unknown cause, occurring primarily in children, characterized by high fever, swollen lymph glands, rash, redness in mouth and throat, and joint pain.
- ladies auxiliary — an association whose members are usually the wives of members of an association with which it is affiliated.
- ladies'-eardrops — lady's-earrings.