11-letter words containing d, a, p, h
- hopping mad — working energetically; busily engaged: He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.
- horn-spread — (of a horned creature) the distance between the outermost tips of the horns.
- houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
- hydrography — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
- hydrophobia — rabies.
- hydroplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroplane.
- hydroplaner — a person who pilots a hydroplane, especially a professional speedboat racer.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hyperdorian — of or related to the mode above the Dorian mode in ancient Greek music
- hyperlydian — relating to the highest scale or mode in ancient Greek music
- hypnopaedia — Teaching (or learning) by subconscious means.
- hypoacidity — acidity in a lesser degree than is usual or normal, as of the gastric juice.
- hypodynamia — diminished strength; adynamia.
- hypodynamic — diminished strength; adynamia.
- hypoid gear — a gear resembling a bevel gear in form but designed to mesh with a similar gear in such a way that their axes would not intersect, one axis crossing over the other at approximately a right angle.
- hypospadias — (medicine) A birth defect of the male urethra that involves an abnormally placed urinary meatus.
- ideographic — an ideogram.
- idiographic — pertaining to or involving the study or explication of individual cases or events (opposed to nomothetic).
- indian hemp — a North American dogbane, Apocynum cannabinum, having erect clusters of greenish-white flowers and a root with laxative and emetic properties.
- isodiaphere — one of two or more nuclides in which the difference between the number of neutrons and the number of protons is the same
- judeophobia — Alternative case form of Judeophobia.
- lady chapel — a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, attached to a church, and generally behind the high altar at the extremity of the apse.
- lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
- lampshading — The practice of decorating lampshades.
- leader-ship — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaderships — Plural form of leadership.
- lymph gland — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- metaphrased — Translated literally.
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- mis-phrased — Grammar. a sequence of two or more words arranged in a grammatical construction and acting as a unit in a sentence. (in English) a sequence of two or more words that does not contain a finite verb and its subject or that does not consist of clause elements such as subject, verb, object, or complement, as a preposition and a noun or pronoun, an adjective and noun, or an adverb and verb.
- mishappened — Simple past tense and past participle of mishappen.
- monographed — Simple past tense and past participle of monograph.
- odontograph — an instrument for laying out the forms of gear teeth or ratchets.
- odontopathy — (pathology) Any disease that affects the teeth.
- odynophagia — Severe pain in mouth or esophagus when attempting to swallow.
- old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
- open-handed — generous; liberal: openhanded hospitality.
- openhearted — Frank and candid.
- ophidiarium — an enclosure for snakes, adapted to their normal living conditions
- orphan drug — Pharmacology. a drug that remains undeveloped or untested or is otherwise neglected because of limited potential for commercial gain.
- orthopaedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- pachydactyl — with thick digits
- pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
- pachydermia — an abnormal thickening of the skin
- pachydermic — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
- paedophilia — Paedophilia is sexual activity with children or the condition of being sexually attracted to children.