12-letter words containing h, a, p, e, n, i
- hispanophobe — a person who dislikes Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- homo sapiens — (italics) the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong, characterized by a brain capacity averaging 1400 cc (85 cubic in.) and by dependence upon language and the creation and utilization of complex tools.
- hope diamond — a sapphire-blue Indian diamond, the largest blue diamond in the world, weighing 44.5 carats and supposedly cut from a bigger diamond that was once part of the French crown jewels: now in the Smithsonian Institution.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- hosepipe ban — a ban, due to water shortage, on using hosepipes to water the garden or wash cars
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hyperkinesia — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypersthenia — abnormal strength or tension
- 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.
- 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
- intrahepatic — (anatomy) Within the liver.
- iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
- jumping hare — springhare.
- kaleidophone — an instrument, invented by Professor Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875), consisting of a light on a vibrating rod with a reflecting knob for exhibiting the effect of sound waves
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kinesophobia — Fear of movement.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
- 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.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- mishappening — Present participle of mishappen.
- monocephalic — bearing one flower head, as the dandelion.
- monodelphian — any placental mammal that is a member of the group Monodelphia
- necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- neoanthropic — neanthropic.
- nephanalysis — a map or chart showing the distribution of types and amounts of clouds and precipitation at a given time.
- nephropathic — characterized by or relating to nephropathy
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- non-empathic — of, relating to, or characterized by empathy, the psychological identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.
- nonhappening — an event that fails to occur
- nonspherical — not spherical
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion