12-letter words containing a, n, p, h, r
- hypnotherapy — treatment of a symptom, disease, or addiction by means of hypnotism.
- hypochondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
- hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- interchapter — a short chapter in a book that occurs between two major chapters
- intrahepatic — (anatomy) Within the liver.
- intrapsychic — Within the psyche or mind.
- 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.
- karnaugh map — A Karnaugh map is a pictorial method used to minimize Boolean expressions without having to use Boolean algebra theorems.
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- laryngophony — the sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed on the throat directly over the larynx
- launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- marimbaphone — (obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba but with steel keys instead of wood, developed in early 20th century United States.
- marksmanship — a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- monographing — Present participle of monograph.
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
- naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
- necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- needle-sharp — very sharp
- neoanthropic — neanthropic.
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- nephropathic — characterized by or relating to nephropathy
- neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- non-atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.