15-letter words containing n, a, m, y
- hemadynamometer — An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury.
- hematoporphyrin — a porphyrin made by treating haemoglobin with acid, used to treat cancer in photodynamic therapy
- hemicraniectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the cranium to enable brain surgery; hemicraniotomy.
- hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
- hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- high and mighty — self-important, arrogant
- high-and-mighty — haughty; arrogant.
- holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
- how do you mean — If you say 'How do you mean?' to someone, you are asking them to explain or give more details of what they have just said.
- human geography — the study of the interaction between human beings and their environment in particular places and across spatial areas.
- hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
- hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
- hydroxycoumarin — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric hydroxy derivatives of coumarin, some of which are the basis of pharmaceuticals.
- hyper-emotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
- hyperovarianism — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
- hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
- hypodorian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from A to A, with the final on D.
- hypoinsulinemia — (medicine) An abnormally low level of insulin in the blood.
- hypoionian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from G to G, with the final on C.
- hypolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from C to C, with the final on F.
- hypomagnesaemia — the condition of having too little magnesium in the blood, particularly in cattle, in which it is also known as lactation tetany
- hypoproteinemia — an abnormally low concentration of protein in the blood.
- hypovitaminosis — Insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body.
- identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
- identity matrix — a matrix that has 1 in each position on the main diagonal and 0 in all other positions.
- immensurability — The quality of being immensurable.
- immunoassayable — Suitable for immunoassay.
- immunologically — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- immunopathology — the study of diseases having an immunologic or allergic basis.
- impenetrability — the state or quality of being impenetrable.
- imponderability — The state or characteristic of being imponderable.
- in a family way — pregnant; with child
- in the majority — the largest group
- in the same way — similarly
- in your dreams! — You say `In your dreams!' when you think that what someone wants is never going to happen or be true.
- inadmissibility — not admissible; not allowable: Such evidence would be inadmissible in any court.
- incendiary bomb — a bomb that is designed to start fires
- incommensurably — In an incommensurable manner; immeasurably.
- incommutability — The quality or state of being incommutable.
- incomparability — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatibility — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- indeterminately — not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain.
- indian mulberry — a small tree, Morinda citrifolia, of the madder family, found from India to Australasia, having shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit, yielding red and yellow dyes.
- inertial system — a frame of reference in which a body remains at rest or moves with constant linear velocity unless acted upon by forces: any frame of reference that moves with constant velocity relative to an inertial system is itself an inertial system.
- infinitesimally — indefinitely or exceedingly small; minute: infinitesimal vessels in the circulatory system.
- informationally — In an informational manner.
- innate immunity — natural bodily resistance to disease
- instrumentality — the quality or state of being instrumental.
- interminability — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.