14-letter words containing d, r, o, p
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
- gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
- gynandromorphs — Plural form of gynandromorph.
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hard-core porn — Hard-core porn is pornography that shows sex in a very detailed way, or shows very violent or unpleasant sex.
- harpsichordist — One who plays the harpsichord.
- helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
- helicopter pad — landing area
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- high-card pool — red dog.
- hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
- hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
- hydrocephaloid — resembling hydrocephalus.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydrographical — Hydrographic.
- hydronephrosis — dilation of the branches and pelvic cavity of the kidney, caused by an accumulation of urine resulting from obstruction of normal outflow.
- hydronephrotic — of, relating to, or affected by hydronephrosis
- hydropathicity — (chemistry) The relative hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity of a compound, especially of an amino acid residue in a protein.
- hydroperoxides — Plural form of hydroperoxide.
- hydrophilicity — (uncountable) The condition of being hydrophilic.
- hydrophobicity — (chemistry, uncountable) The condition of being hydrophobic.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hydroponically — Using hydroponics.
- hydroscopicity — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
- hydroxyapatite — a mineral, Ca 10 (PO 4) 6 OH 2 , that is the principal storage form of calcium and phosphorus in bone.
- hydroxyl group — the univalent group –OH, as in inorganic compounds, such as sodium hydroxide, NaOH, or as in organic compounds, such as ethyl alcohol, C 2 H 6 O.
- hydroxyproline — a nutritionally nonessential amino acid, C 5 H 9 NO 3 , found chiefly in collagen.
- hypereutectoid — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
- hypermodernism — a hypermodern approach or theory
- hypermodernist — a person who adheres to hypermodernism
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
- hypodermically — By hypodermic means.
- hypothyroidism — deficient activity of the thyroid gland.
- impersonalised — to make impersonal: The dial system impersonalized the telephone.
- impersonalized — Simple past tense and past participle of impersonalize.
- imponderabilia — Those things that are imponderable.
- indirect proof — an argument for a proposition that shows its negation to be incompatible with a previously accepted or established premise.
- infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
- iridopupillary — pertaining to the iris and the pupil.
- irreproducible — unable to be reproduced or recreated.
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- john davenport — John, 1597–1670, Puritan clergyman: one of the founders of New Haven.
- knockout drops — a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
- ladder company — hook-and-ladder company.
- ladder polymer — a polymer, as DNA, consisting of double-stranded chains linked by hydrogen bonds or chemical bonds at regular intervals.