14-letter words containing a, l, p, h, i, n
- half-pedalling — a technique of piano playing in which the sustaining pedal is raised and immediately depressed thus allowing the lower strings to continue sounding
- haplodiplontic — (biology, of a life cycle) Having multicellular diploid and haploid stages.
- happenstantial — Being or relating to happenstance.
- happy slapping — the practice of attacking, esp slapping, an unsuspecting passer-by and filming it with a mobile camera phone, footage of which is then circulated for the amusement of others
- harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- holoplanktonic — plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
- hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
- hydroponically — Using hydroponics.
- hyper-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- hyperemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- hypertechnical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- hyperventilate — to be afflicted with hyperventilation; breathe abnormally fast and deep.
- hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
- hypomixolydian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the last of the eight scales
- hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
- hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
- in high places — People in high places are people who have powerful and influential positions in a government, society, or organization.
- inapproachable — not approachable.
- indecipherable — not decipherable; illegible.
- indecipherably — not decipherable; illegible.
- interparochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
- knight templar — Templar.
- lake champlain — a lake in the northeastern US, between the Green Mountains and the Adirondack Mountains: linked by the Champlain Canal to the Hudson River and by the Richelieu River to the St Lawrence; a major communications route in colonial times
- lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
- latin alphabet — the alphabetical script derived from the Greek alphabet through Etruscan, used from about the 6th century b.c. for the writing of Latin, and since adopted, with modifications and additions of letters such as w, by the languages of Western Europe, including English, as well as many other languages.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- leu enkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
- licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
- lymphangiogram — an X-ray of the lymphatic system taken after a contrast agent has been injected, often used to diagnose lymphoma
- lyophilisation — Alternative spelling of lyophilization.
- lyophilization — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- met enkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
- misanthropical — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- monophonically — In a monophonic manner.