12-letter words containing e, p, h, m, r, o
- helmspersons — Plural form of helmsperson.
- hemimorphism — The condition of being hemimorphic.
- hemimorphite — a hydrous zinc silicate mineral, Zn 4 (OH) 2 Si 2 O 7 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in clear, colorless orthorhombic crystals; calamine: an ore of zinc.
- hemispheroid — half of a spheroid.
- heteromorphy — (biology) The state or quality of being heteromorphic; heteromorphism.
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- homeomorphic — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeotherapy — therapy for a disease by means of an agent that is similar to but not identical with the causative agent of the disease.
- hop hornbeam — any of several Eurasian and North American trees of the genus Ostrya, of the birch family, especially O. virginiana, bearing hoplike fruiting clusters.
- hopper frame — a window frame having one or more upper sashes hinged at the bottoms and opening inward.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- hot-tempered — easily angered; short-tempered.
- hymenopteran — hymenopterous.
- hymenopteron — hymenopteran.
- hyperchromic — (physics, chemistry) Describing an increase in the intensity of a spectral band due to a change in the molecular environment.
- hypercomplex — (mathematics) Describing any of several types of higher-dimensional numbers having some characteristics of complex numbers.
- hypermetropy — Dated form of hypermetropia.
- hyperosmolar — Of, pertaining to, or as a result of hyperosmolarity.
- hypersarcoma — a growth of proud or fungous flesh
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypervolemia — (medicine) An abnormal increase in the volume of blood circulating through the body.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.
- impoverisher — Someone who impoverishes.
- impoverishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impoverish.
- jump shooter — a player skilled at jump shots.
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
- leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- mapplethorpe — Robert, 1946–89, U.S. photographer.
- 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.
- massotherapy — treatment by massage.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- 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.
- memphremagog — Lake, a lake on the boundary between the U.S. and Canada, between N Vermont and S Quebec. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- mesomorphous — mesomorphic
- metallograph — a microscope for observing the microstructure of metals.
- metamorphism — Geology. a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline.
- metamorphist — a member of a group of 16th century Christians who believed that the humanly body of Jesus Christ metamorphosed into God during the Ascension
- metamorphize — (transitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
- metamorphose — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).