12-letter words containing h, a, p, e
- gene therapy — the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme.
- general shop — a shop that sells various types of goods
- generalships — Plural form of generalship.
- geographical — of or relating to geography.
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- germanophobe — a person who hates or fears Germany, Germans, or German culture.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- grace hopper — (person) US Navy Rear Admiral Grace Brewster Hopper (1906-12-09 to 1992-01-01), née Grace Brewster Murray. Hopper is believed to have concieved the concept of the compiler with the A-0 in 1952. She also developed the first commercial high-level language, which eventually evolved into COBOL. She worked on the Mark I computer with Howard Aiken and with BINAC in 1949. She is credited with having coined the term "debug", and the adage "it is always easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission" (with various wordings), which has been the guiding principle in sysadmin decisions ever since. See also the entries debug and bug. Hopper is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. In 1994, the US Navy named a new ship, the guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper, after her.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
- graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- grasshoppers — Plural form of grasshopper.
- gray panther — a member of an organized group of elderly people seeking to secure or protect their rights by collective action.
- great-nephew — a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
- grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
- gutta-percha — the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, especially Palaquium gutta.
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- haemophiliac — A person with haemophilia.
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- hagiographer — one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
- hairpin bend — A hairpin bend or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- hall process — a process in which aluminum is refined by electrolytic reduction of alumina fused with cryolite.
- halogen lamp — a gas-filled, high-intensity incandescent lamp having a tungsten filament and containing a small amount of a halogen, such as iodine, that vaporizes on heating and redeposits any evaporated tungsten particles back onto the filament: used especially in motion-picture projectors and automobile headlights.
- hammer price — the price offered as the winning bid in a public auction
- hand-painted — painted by a person rather than a machine
- hand-printed — (of numbers, letters, or designs) printed, or put on a surface, by hand rather than by machine
- handicapable — (politically correct) disabled or handicapped.
- handicappeds — Plural form of handicapped.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- handies peak — a peak in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,048 feet (4285 meters).
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
- hanover park — a city in NE Illinois.
- happenchance — happenstance.
- happenstance — a chance happening or event.
- happy camper — Slang. a person who is cheerful and satisfied: There were no happy campers after the company was reorganized.
- happy couple — two people in a happy romantic relationship, especially two people who have just married
- happy medium — a course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold.
- hard pressed — heavily burdened or oppressed, as by overwork or financial difficulties; harried; put-upon.
- hard-pressed — heavily burdened or oppressed, as by overwork or financial difficulties; harried; put-upon.
- harper woods — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- hasenpfeffer — a stew of marinated rabbit meat garnished usually with sour cream.
- hautes-alpes — a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
- have company — If you have company, you have a visitor or friend with you.
- have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
- health stamp — a postage stamp with a surcharge that is used to support a health camp
- heart-shaped — shaped like a stylized heart with a double rounded top