12-letter words containing a, n, e, p, h
- hierophanies — Plural form of hierophany.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- hispaniolize — to make someone Spanish in their cultural attitudes, values, speech, etc
- hispanophile — an admirer of Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- hispanophobe — a person who dislikes Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- holocephalan — (zoology) Any cartilaginous fish of the subclass Holocephali; the chimeras.
- homo sapiens — (italics) the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong, characterized by a brain capacity averaging 1400 cc (85 cubic in.) and by dependence upon language and the creation and utilization of complex tools.
- hoover apron — a dresslike coverall for women that ties at the waist.
- hop hornbeam — any of several Eurasian and North American trees of the genus Ostrya, of the birch family, especially O. virginiana, bearing hoplike fruiting clusters.
- hope diamond — a sapphire-blue Indian diamond, the largest blue diamond in the world, weighing 44.5 carats and supposedly cut from a bigger diamond that was once part of the French crown jewels: now in the Smithsonian Institution.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- hosepipe ban — a ban, due to water shortage, on using hosepipes to water the garden or wash cars
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hymenopteran — hymenopterous.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hyperkinesia — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hypersensual — extremely or excessively sensual
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypersthenia — abnormal strength or tension
- hypnotherapy — treatment of a symptom, disease, or addiction by means of hypnotism.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hypoxanthine — a white, crystalline, almost water-soluble, alkaloidal purine derivative, C 5 H 4 N 4 O, found in animal and vegetable tissues: used chiefly in biochemical research.
- impeachments — Plural form of impeachment.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- interchapter — a short chapter in a book that occurs between two major chapters
- intrahepatic — (anatomy) Within the liver.
- iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
- joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
- jumping hare — springhare.
- kaleidophone — an instrument, invented by Professor Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), consisting of a light on a vibrating rod with a reflecting knob for exhibiting the effect of sound waves
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kinesophobia — Fear of movement.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- lamellaphone — Alt form lamellophone.
- lamellophone — (musical instruments) Any of several musical instruments in which the sound is produced by plucking a series of thin lamellaa attached to a sounding board.
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).