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15-letter words containing t, h, y, m

  • ethnic minority — an immigrant or racial group regarded by those claiming to speak for the cultural majority as distinct and unassimilated
  • ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
  • ethyl carbamate — a colourless odourless crystalline ester that is used in the manufacture of pesticides, fungicides, and pharmaceuticals. Formula: CO(NH2)OC2H5
  • ethylenediamine — A viscous liquid used in making detergents and emulsifying agents.
  • euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
  • factory chimney — a tall chimney of a factory
  • fairy godmother — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godmother.
  • faith community — a community of people sharing the same religious faith
  • flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
  • fortysomethings — Plural form of fortysomething.
  • hair hygrometer — a hygrometer actuated by the changes in length of a strand of human hair brought about by changes in the relative humidity.
  • hard mint candy — a hardened mint-flavoured sweet
  • heliometrically — By means of, or in terms of, heliometry.
  • 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.
  • hematoporphyria — porphyria.
  • 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.
  • hemicryptophyte — any perennial plant that bears its overwintering buds at soil level, where they are often partly covered by surface debris
  • hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
  • hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
  • hexahydrothymol — menthol.
  • high and mighty — self-important, arrogant
  • high-and-mighty — haughty; arrogant.
  • histochemically — In a histochemical manner.
  • histomorphology — histology.
  • homeopathically — By means of homeopathy.
  • homeostatically — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
  • honeycomb tripe — a part of the inner lining of the stomach of the steer, calf, hog, or sheep, resembling a honeycomb in appearance and considered a table delicacy.
  • honeymoon suite — a luxurious suite in a hotel designed for honeymooners
  • hop-o'-my-thumb — a very small person, as a midget or dwarf.
  • humphrey bogart — Humphrey (DeForest) ("Bogie"or"Bogey") 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
  • hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
  • hydraulic motor — a motor that converts the kinetic or potential energy of a fluid into mechanical energy.
  • hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
  • hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
  • hyetometrograph — an instrument used to record rainfall
  • hyper-emotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • hyperexcitement — excessive or extreme excitement
  • hyperfemininity — the quality of being feminine; womanliness.
  • hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
  • hypermutability — liable or subject to change or alteration.
  • hyperparasitism — an organism that is parasitic on or in another parasite.
  • hyperpotassemia — hyperkalemia.
  • hyperthyroidism — overactivity of the thyroid gland.
  • hypocortisolism — (medicine) A cortisol deficiency.
  • hypopituitarism — abnormally diminished activity of the pituitary gland, especially of the anterior lobe.
  • hypoproteinemia — an abnormally low concentration of protein in the blood.
  • hypovitaminosis — Insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body.
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