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11-letter words containing e, p, i, h

  • heliophobic — fearing or unable to withstand sunlight
  • heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
  • helioscopic — of or relating to observations of the sun
  • heliosphere — the region around the sun over which the effect of the solar wind extends.
  • heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
  • heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
  • heliotropin — piperonal.
  • helispheric — spiral
  • hemeprotein — (protein) Any conjugated protein containing heme as the prosthetic group.
  • hemeralopia — a condition of the eyes in which sight is normal in the night or in a dim light but is abnormally poor or wholly absent in the day or in a bright light.
  • hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
  • hemianopsia — any of several conditions in which there is blindness in half of the visual field, involving one or both eyes.
  • hemianoptic — suffering from hemiopia, blind in half the field of vision
  • hemimorphic — (of a crystal) having the two ends of an axis unlike in their planes or modifications; lacking a center of symmetry.
  • hemiparesis — partial paralysis affecting only one side of the body.
  • hemipterans — Plural form of hemipteran.
  • hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
  • hemispheres — Plural form of hemisphere.
  • hemispheric — of or relating to a hemisphere.
  • hemiterpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
  • hemophiliac — Also, hemophile. a person having hemophilia.
  • hemopoiesis — hematopoiesis.
  • hemopoietic — hematopoiesis.
  • hemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemeprotein.
  • hemotrophic — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
  • heparinized — Simple past tense and past participle of heparinize.
  • hepatitis a — a normally minor form of hepatitis caused by an RNA virus that does not persist in the blood: usually transmitted by ingestion of contaminated food or water.
  • hepatitis b — a form of hepatitis caused by a DNA virus (hepatitis B virus, or HBV) that persists in the blood, characterized by a long incubation period: usually transmitted by sexual contact or by injection or ingestion of infected blood or other bodily fluids.
  • hepatitis c — a form of hepatitis with clinical effects similar to those of hepatitis B, caused by a blood-borne retrovirus (hepatitis C virus) that may be of the hepatitis non-A, non-B type.
  • hepatotoxic — Damaging or destructive to liver cells.
  • hepatotoxin — Any substance that causes hepatotoxicity.
  • hepplewhite — George, died 1786, English furniture designer and cabinetmaker.
  • heptarchies — Plural form of heptarchy.
  • heptarchist — A ruler of one division of a heptarchy.
  • heptastichs — Plural form of heptastich.
  • hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
  • heroic poem — a poem written in an epic style using lines of iambic pentameter.
  • herpesvirus — a DNA-containing virus of the family Herpesviridae, certain members of which cause such diseases in humans as oral and genital herpes, infectious mononucleosis, chickenpox, and shingles.
  • hesperidium — the fruit of a citrus plant, as an orange.
  • hesperornis — a toothed aquatic bird of the extinct genus Hesperornis, fossils of which are found in rocks of Cretaceous age in Kansas, having the rear legs modified for swimming and reaching a length of more than 4 feet (1.2 meters).
  • heterophile — Able to react immunologically with material from another species.
  • heteroploid — (biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
  • heteroptics — incorrect or perverted perception of what is seen; hallucinatory vision.
  • heterotopia — misplacement or displacement, as of an organ.
  • heterotypic — of or relating to the first or reductional division in meiosis.
  • hexapartite — sexpartite.
  • hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
  • hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
  • hierophants — Plural form of hierophant.
  • hierophobia — an irrational fear of sacred objects or people
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