14-letter words containing h, a, p, o
- antipsychotics — Plural form of antipsychotic.
- apheliotropism — a tendency of certain plants to turn away from the sun; negative heliotropism
- aphoristically — in an aphoristic manner
- aphthous fever — foot-and-mouth disease.
- apocryphalness — the quality of being apocryphal
- apophthegmatic — Alternative form of apothegmatic.
- apostrophizing — Present participle of apostrophize.
- apothecary jar — a small, covered jar, formerly used by druggists to hold pharmaceuticals, now chiefly in household use to hold spices, candies, cosmetics, etc., and sometimes decorated, as a lamp base or flower vase.
- apothegmatical — Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
- apple polisher — a sycophant; toady
- apple-polisher — to curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner.
- approach light — one of a series of lights installed along the projected centerline of an airport runway to assist a pilot in aligning the aircraft during the approach to landing at night.
- approach march — a route followed when approaching a mountain
- approach stage — the stage of landing when a plane is approaching the runway
- archbishoprics — Plural form of archbishopric.
- archencephalon — the primitive forebrain region of the embryo, anterior to the notochord, that gives rise to the midbrain and forebrain.
- archiepiscopal — of or associated with an archbishop
- aromatherapist — An aromatherapist is a person who is qualified to practise aromatherapy.
- arteriographic — relating to arteriography
- arthrogryposis — (countable, pathology) The permanent fixation of a joint in a contracted position.
- arthroplasties — Plural form of arthroplasty.
- asthenospermia — (medicine) Loss or reduction in the strength or energy of sperm cells, hence infertility. Not always infertile many are subfertile.
- asthenospermic — (medicine) Characterised by or pertaining to asthenospermia, hence infertile.
- asthenospheric — relating to the asthenosphere
- astrophysicist — An astrophysicist is someone who studies astrophysics.
- atomic physics — the branch of physics concerned with the structure and behaviour of atomic nuclei
- autobiographer — a person who writes the story of his or her own life
- autobiographic — marked by or dealing with one's own experiences or life history; of or in the manner of an autobiography: autobiographical material; an autobiographical novel.
- autocoprophagy — the consumption of one's own faeces
- autoradiograph — a photograph showing the distribution of a radioactive substance in a specimen. The photographic plate is exposed by radiation from the specimen
- autotypography — a process in which drawings are executed on gelatin before being impressed on a soft metal plate to allow for printing
- bachelor party — A bachelor party is a party for a man who is getting married very soon, to which only men are invited.
- bacteriophages — Plural form of bacteriophage.
- baltimore chop — a batted ball that takes a high bounce upon hitting the ground on or immediately in front of home plate, often enabling the batter to reach first base safely.
- bare ownership — ownership of a piece of property without the right to use and derive profit from that property
- barometrograph — barograph.
- bass saxophone — a large saxophone of low range, usually supported on a stand while being played.
- batrachophobia — fear of amphibians
- batrachophobic — relating to the fear of toads and frogs
- beta-endorphin — a potent endorphin released by the anterior pituitary gland in response to pain, trauma, exercise, or other forms of stress.
- bisphosphonate — any drug of a class that inhibits the resorption of bone; used in treating certain bone disorders, esp osteoporosis
- blepharoplasty — cosmetic surgery performed on the eyelid
- bophuthatswana — (formerly) a Bantu homeland in N South Africa: consisted of six separate areas; declared independent by South Africa in 1977 although this was not internationally recognized; abolished in 1993. Capital: Mmabatho
- brachypinakoid — the side parallel to the shorter horizontal axis in a crystal
- bronchospastic — of or relating to bronchospasms
- campeachy wood — wood from the Central American tree Haematoxylon campechianum
- camphor laurel — an Australian name for the camphor tree, now occurring in the wild in parts of Australia
- camphoric acid — a whitish crystallizable substance derived from the oxidization of camphor, used in solution in medicine as an antiseptic. Formula: C10H16O4
- cardiomyopathy — a disease of the heart muscle usually caused by a biochemical defect or a toxin such as alcohol
- carpenter moth — any of various large moths of the family Cossidae, the larvae of which bore beneath and cause damage to tree bark