16-letter words containing io
- green revolution — an increase in food production, especially in underdeveloped and developing nations, through the introduction of high-yield crop varieties and application of modern agricultural techniques.
- grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
- 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.
- half life period — Physics. the time required for one half the atoms of a given amount of a radioactive substance to disintegrate.
- haussmannization — Georges Eugène [zhawrzh œ-zhen] /ʒɔrʒ œˈʒɛn/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1809–91, French administrator who improved the landscaping, street designs, and utilities systems of Paris.
- health education — education that aims to give people the information they need to live healthily
- health-conscious — having an active interest in one's health
- heat of reaction — the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a product is formed at constant pressure
- heat of solution — the heat evolved or absorbed when one mole of a substance dissolves completely in a large volume of solvent
- heat prostration — heat exhaustion.
- heliotherapeutic — Pertaining to heliotherapy.
- hemagglutination — the clumping of red blood cells.
- hemangioblastoma — (medicine) Any of several benign neoplasm tumours of the brain.
- heroin addiction — addiction to the drug heroin
- hesitation waltz — a waltz based on the frequent use of a step that consists of a pause and glide.
- heterosuggestion — Suggestion from outside.
- hexanedioic acid — adipic acid.
- high-compression — of a modern type of internal-combustion engine designed so that the fuel mixture is compressed into a smaller cylinder space, resulting in more pressure on the pistons and more power
- higher education — education beyond high school, specifically that provided by colleges and graduate schools, and professional schools.
- historiographies — Plural form of historiography.
- holder condition — Lipschitz condition.
- honeymoon period — a period of popularity enjoyed by a new government, or a new occupant of a post
- horizontal union — a labor union organized by skills or trades of its members rather than by industries.
- hospitalizations — Plural form of hospitalization.
- hydration number — the number of molecules of water with which an ion can combine in an aqueous solution of given concentration.
- 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.
- hyper-patriotism — devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
- 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.
- hyperventilation — excessively rapid and deep breathing.
- hypoalimentation — insufficient or inadequate nourishment.
- hypostatic union — (In Cristianity) Christ's condition of being, at the same time, both human and divine
- immersion course — an educational course that teaches a foreign language, and in which the lessons are entirely conducted in the foreign language
- immersion heater — a small electric coil used to heat a liquid, as a cup of water, in which it is immersed.
- immigration laws — regulations on incoming foreigners
- immunomodulation — Any of several adjustments in the level of an immune response.
- immunoregulation — (immunology) The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages.
- 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.
- in addition (to) — besides; as well (as)
- in proportion to — If one thing increases or decreases in proportion to another thing, it increases or decreases to the same degree as that thing.
- in the region of — You say in the region of to indicate that an amount that you are stating is approximate.
- inauguration day — the day on which the president of the United States is inaugurated, being January 20 of every year following a year whose number is divisible by four. Prior to the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified February 6, 1933), it was March 4.
- inauspiciousness — The state, quality, or condition of being inauspicious or unpropitious; unfavorableness.
- incommodiousness — The state or quality of being incommodious.
- indiscrimination — an act or instance of not discriminating.
- induction course — training for new job
- induction stroke — The induction stroke is the stroke of the piston in an internal combustion engine in which working fluid is drawn into the cylinder.