12-letter words containing e, y, c, h
- hepatoxicity — Toxicity that affects the liver.
- heraldically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heralds or heraldry: heraldic form; heraldic images; heraldic history; a heraldic device.
- herbicidally — from a herbicidal point of view
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- heterochrony — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
- heterocyclic — of or relating to the branch of chemistry dealing with cyclic compounds in which at least one of the ring members is not a carbon atom (contrasted with homocyclic).
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- hexadactylic — having six fingers or toes
- hickory pine — bristlecone pine.
- hieratically — In a hieratic way.
- hieroglyphic — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- high society — society (def 9).
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- hockey skate — a tubular ice skate having a shorter blade than a racing skate and often having a reinforced shoe for protection.
- hockey stick — the stick used in field hockey or ice hockey.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- home country — the country a person comes from
- homocysteine — An amino acid that occurs in the body as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine and cysteine.
- honey bucket — a container for excrement, as in an outdoor toilet.
- honey locust — a thorny North American tree, Gleditsia triacanthos, of the legume family, having small, compound leaves and pods with a sweet pulp.
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- honeycreeper — any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America.
- honeysuckles — Plural form of honeysuckle.
- human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- hydrocephaly — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrocracker — a high-pressure processing unit used for hydrocracking.
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- hydrocyclone — A hydrocyclone is a vessel used for separating two liquids with different densities, by the circular movement of fluid.
- hydroecology — The study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
- hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
- hygienically — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperacidity — excessive acidity, as of the gastric juice.
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperchaotic — Of or pertaining to hyperchaos.
- hyperchromic — (physics, chemistry) Describing an increase in the intensity of a spectral band due to a change in the molecular environment.
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
- hypercomplex — (mathematics) Describing any of several types of higher-dimensional numbers having some characteristics of complex numbers.
- hypercorrect — overly correct; excessively fastidious; fussy: hypercorrect manners.
- hypercritics — a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
- hyperdactyly — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.