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15-letter words containing a, c, n, t, h, o

  • hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
  • hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
  • hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
  • hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
  • indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
  • infants' school — kindergarten.
  • inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
  • ironstone china — a tough durable earthenware
  • isothiocyanates — Plural form of isothiocyanate.
  • jack-in-the-box — a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.
  • judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
  • keratoacanthoma — (pathology) A common low-grade malignancy of the skin.
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • laryngotracheal — of, relating to, or involving the larynx and trachea.
  • lay it on thick — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • lichenification — a leathery hardening of the skin, usually caused by chronic irritation.
  • lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
  • longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
  • lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
  • mechanoreceptor — any of the sense organs that respond to vibration, stretching, pressure, or other mechanical stimuli.
  • mechlorethamine — a nitrogen mustard, C 5 H 1 1 Cl 2 N, used in combination with other drugs in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and certain other cancers.
  • methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
  • microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
  • monkey, scratch — scratch monkey
  • morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
  • morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
  • mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
  • natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
  • nathaniel bacon — Francis (Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans) 1561–1626, English essayist, philosopher, and statesman.
  • national church — an independent church within a country, usually representing the prevalent religion.
  • national school — (in Ireland) a state primary school
  • netzahualcoyotl — a city in S central Mexico, in the state of Mexico.
  • neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
  • neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
  • neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
  • nicholas, saint — Saint ("Nicholas the Great") died a.d. 867, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 858–867.
  • nightwatchwoman — (rare) The female equivalent of a nightwatchman.
  • non-achievement — lack of achievement
  • non-charismatic — of, having, or characteristic of charisma.
  • non-mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
  • nonarchitecture — a building not designed according to accepted modes of architecture
  • noncatastrophic — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
  • nonmathematical — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
  • nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
  • nonphotographic — not involving photographic equipment or techniques
  • nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
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