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12-letter words containing h, a, r, p

  • fairy shrimp — any member of the crustacean order Anostraca, characterized by an elongate trunk with more than 20 segments and the absence of a carapace, typically found swimming ventral side up in fresh water.
  • feather palm — any palm having large pinnate or bipinnate leaves, as the date palm or royal palm.
  • flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
  • fluorography — photofluorography.
  • foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
  • forward push — A forward push is a feature of distillation columns (= tall vessels for distillation) in which zones that allow higher contact between substances are near the top of the column.
  • fractography — the study of fractures or cracks in a material, esp metal, in order to predict or identify the cause of a failure in a structure
  • francophilia — Alternative capitalization of Francophilia.
  • francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
  • francophones — Plural form of francophone.
  • frank murphy — Frank, 1890–1949, U.S. statesman and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1940–49.
  • french pleat — curtain, draperies
  • freshmanship — the state of being a freshman; the period during which a student is considered to be a freshman
  • galactophore — a galactophorous duct.
  • gametophores — Plural form of gametophore.
  • 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.
  • glossography — a glossator.
  • glyphography — a plate-making process in which an electrotype is made from an engraved copper plate
  • glyptography — the description or study of engraved gems or other stones.
  • 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
  • gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
  • grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
  • graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
  • graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
  • graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
  • graphophobia — Fear or dislike of writing.
  • graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
  • 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
  • guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
  • 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.
  • haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
  • hagiographer — one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
  • hagiographic — Of or pertaining to hagiography.
  • hair implant — the insertion of synthetic fibers or human hair into the scalp to cover baldness.
  • 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.
  • half-cup bra — a bra that covers three-quarters of the breasts rather than all of the breasts
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