12-letter words containing e, y, p, i
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatoxicity — Toxicity that affects the liver.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroploidy — (genetics) The state of being heteroploid.
- hickory pine — bristlecone pine.
- 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 polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- hydrophilite — a white mineral consisting of potassium and calcium
- hypaesthesia — an abnormally weak sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch.
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperacidity — excessive acidity, as of the gastric juice.
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperbolize.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- 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.
- hypercritics — a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hyperendemic — manifesting a high and persistent occurrence
- hyperexcited — Very highly excited.
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hyperflexion — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
- hypergenesis — an origin, creation, or beginning.
- hypergenetic — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- hypergraphia — (psychiatry) A behavioural condition characterised by an intense desire to write, associated with changes in the temporal lobes due to epilepsy or chemical changes.
- hypergravity — The presence of an apparently 'increased' gravitational field in an accelerating or rotating situation.
- hyperidrosis — excessive or abnormal sweating
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hyperintense — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
- hyperkalemia — an abnormally high concentration of potassium in the blood.
- hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hyperkinesia — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hyperkinesis — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hyperkinetic — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hyperlinking — Present participle of hyperlink.
- hyperlipemia — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
- hyperlipemic — characterized by an excessive level of fat in the blood
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- hypermediacy — Hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies.
- hyperostosis — abnormal development of bony tissue.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperpyrexia — an abnormally high fever.
- hyperrealism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.