12-letter words containing a, l, p, h, o, s
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- gamophyllous — having leaves united by their edges.
- general shop — a shop that sells various types of goods
- glossography — a glossator.
- glossophobia — The fear of public speaking.
- graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- hall process — a process in which aluminum is refined by electrolytic reduction of alumina fused with cryolite.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- hematocolpos — (medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
- hemophiliacs — Plural form of hemophiliac.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- hispaniolize — to make someone Spanish in their cultural attitudes, values, speech, etc
- hispanophile — an admirer of Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- horse parlor — a gambling room where people can bet on horse races with a bookmaker.
- horseplayers — Plural form of horseplayer.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hospitalised — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalists — Plural form of hospitalist.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hospitalize.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperarousal — A state of heightened psychological and physiological tension resulting in reduced pain tolerance, anxiety, excessive response to sensory stimulation, insomnia, and fatigue.
- hyperosmolar — Of, pertaining to, or as a result of hyperosmolarity.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
- hyposulphate — a salt derived from hyposulphuric acid
- hypothalamus — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- islamophobia — Alternative capitalization of Islamophobia.
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
- mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
- matopo hills — the granite hills south of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, where Cecil Rhodes chose to be buried
- melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
- metal polish — cleaning fluid designed to clean, polish or add shine to metal
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- morphallaxis — Biology. the regeneration of a destroyed body part by the reorganization of its remaining cells.