12-letter words containing d, o, h, y
- 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.
- hypothecated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothecate.
- 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
- idiorhythmic — (of an institution) allowing each member to regulate his or her own life
- kenny method — a method of treating poliomyelitis, in which hot, moist packs are applied to affected muscles to relieve spasms and pain, and a regimen of exercises is prescribed to prevent deformities and to strengthen the muscles.
- lay hands on — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- little rhody — Rhode Island (used as a nickname).
- lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- middle youth — the period of life between about 30 and 50
- model theory — the branch of logic that deals with the properties of models; the semantic study of formal systems
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- monohydrogen — relating to a molecule in which there is a single hydrogen ion for each combining ion
- monophyodont — an animal that has only one set of teeth
- mother's day — a day, usually the second Sunday in May, set aside in honor of mothers.
- mythologized — Simple past tense and past participle of mythologize.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- neoorthodoxy — a movement in Protestant theology, beginning after World War I, stressing the absolute sovereignty of God and chiefly characterized by a reaction against liberal theology and a reaffirmation of certain doctrines of the Reformation.
- non-hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- nontyphoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- otherworldly — of, relating to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination or the world to come.
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
- photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- phytonadione — vitamin K1.
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- policyholder — the individual or firm in whose name an insurance policy is written; an insured.
- polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
- polyphyodont — having many successive sets of teeth, as fishes and other lower vertebrates
- polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc