12-letter words containing d, i, p, h, o
- helicoptered — Simple past tense and past participle of helicopter.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- hemispheroid — half of a spheroid.
- hemophilioid — (of a disease) resembling hemophilia, but having a different genetic or acquired cause.
- heteroploidy — (genetics) The state of being heteroploid.
- hidropoiesis — the production of sweat.
- high-powered — extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable: high-powered executives.
- hippodroming — (baseball) present participle of hippodrome; Staging games to suit gamblers, especially baseball.
- his-lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- holiday camp — In Britain, a holiday camp is a place which provides holiday accommodation and entertainment for large numbers of people.
- 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.
- horned viper — a highly venomous viper, Cerastes cerastes, of northern Africa and extreme southwestern Asia, having a process resembling a horn just above each eye.
- horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
- 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.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- house spider — any largish dark spider of the genus Tegenaria that is common in houses, such as the cardinal spider
- hydrographic — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydromorphic — of or relating to soil having characteristics that are developed when there is excess water all or part of the time.
- hydrophilite — a white mineral consisting of potassium and calcium
- hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperbolize.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hyperidrosis — excessive or abnormal sweating
- hyperthyroid — of, relating to, or having hyperthyroidism.
- hypochloride — Misspelling of hypochlorite.
- 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.
- hypocycloids — Plural form of hypocycloid.
- hypodiploidy — a deficiency of chromosomes less than the diploid number
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- hypohidrosis — abnormally diminished sweating.
- hypostasised — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
- hypostatised — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- hypothesised — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothesize.
- hypotrochoid — a geometric curve or pattern formed by following a fixed point on the radial line of a small circle moving around the circumference of a larger circle
- idiopathical — Alternative form of idiopathic.
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.
- in-bond shop — a duty-free shop
- 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
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- microchipped — Simple past tense and past participle of microchip.
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.