12-letter words containing e, p, n, t, h, i
- hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
- have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
- help on with — If you help someone on with an item of clothing, you help them put it on.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hepatization — the transformation of tissue into a liver-like substance, esp of the lungs in pneumonia
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heterophonic — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high concept — a simple and often striking idea or premise, as of a story or film, that lends itself to easy promotion and marketing.
- high-protein — (of a food) rich in proteins
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- home posting — an appointment to a position within one's own country
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hypergenetic — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hyperintense — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
- hyperkinetic — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hypersthenia — abnormal strength or tension
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hypertensive — characterized by or causing high blood pressure.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hypoxanthine — a white, crystalline, almost water-soluble, alkaloidal purine derivative, C 5 H 4 N 4 O, found in animal and vegetable tissues: used chiefly in biochemical research.
- impeachments — Plural form of impeachment.
- in deep shit — excrement; feces.
- in the chips — a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- interchapter — a short chapter in a book that occurs between two major chapters
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- intrahepatic — (anatomy) Within the liver.
- ionospherist — Someone who studies the ionosphere.
- iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
- ip telephony — (communications) (IPT, Internet Telephony) Use of IP data connections to exchange voice and fax data that have traditionally been carried over the public switched telephone network. During the late 1990s, an increasing number of telephone calls have been routed over the Internet. Calls made in this way avoid PSTN charges. Unlike traditional telephony, IP telephony is relatively unregulated. Companies providing these services are known as Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs). They include telephone companies, cable TV companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs). There are still many problems with voice quality, latency, compression algorithms, and quality of service. See also Computer Telephone Integration.
- keep in with — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- listenership — the people or number of people who listen to a radio station, record, type of music, etc.: The station has a listenership of 200,000.
- lithopedions — Plural form of lithopedion.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- ministership — (government) The position held by a minister.
- mis-shipment — a quantity of freight or cargo shipped at one time.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
- monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.