12-letter words containing h, e, a, t, p
- clutch pedal — The clutch pedal is the pedal by which the driver of a vehicle operates the clutch.
- clutch plate — a plate in a vehicle's clutch that connects to the transmission
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- compost heap — an outdoor pile of compostabale material that degrades into compost
- craw-thumper — an ostentatiously pious person
- crosspatches — Plural form of crosspatch.
- crymotherapy — cryotherapy.
- curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- deep therapy — radiotherapy with very penetrating short-wave radiation
- dephlegmator — an apparatus used for dephlegmation
- depth charge — A depth charge is a type of bomb which explodes under water and which is used especially to destroy enemy submarines.
- dermatophyte — any parasitic fungus that affects the skin
- detectaphone — a device for listening secretly to others' telephone conversations
- deuteropathy — any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
- dip the flag — to salute by lowering a flag briefly
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- earth pillar — a pillar of earthy matter left by erosion of the surrounding ground.
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- elephantitis — (US) misconstruction of elephantiasis.
- empathically — In an empathic manner.
- emphatically — In a forceful way.
- empty-handed — carrying nothing
- empty-headed — If you describe someone as empty-headed, you mean that they are not very intelligent and often do silly things.
- enantiomorph — Each of two crystalline or other geometric forms that are mirror images of each other.
- enantiopathy — the treatment of disease by opposites; allopathy
- encephalitic — Of or pertaining to encephalitis.
- encephalitis — Inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction.
- encompasseth — Archaic third-person singular form of encompass.
- enhypostasia — personalities existing in union (Jesus Christ and God the Son)
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- enophthalmos — The posterior displacement of the eyeball within the orbit due to changes in the volume of the orbit (bone) relative to its contents (the eyeball and orbital fat), or loss of function of the orbitalis muscle.
- enthesopathy — (pathology) A disorder of entheses (bone attachments).
- entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.
- epanorthosis — (rhetoric) A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm.
- ephemerality — (uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
- epirrhematic — relating to epirrhema
- epithalamion — A song or poem celebrating a marriage.
- epithalamium — A song or poem celebrating a marriage.
- epitheliomas — Plural form of epithelioma.
- erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
- escape chute — a fabric tube or chute hinged to the wall of a stairwell and used as an emergency exit, eg from a burning tall building
- escape hatch — door to an emergency exit
- escape shaft — a shaft in a mine through which miners can escape if the regular shaft is blocked
- esophagotomy — (surgery) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus for the purpose of removing an obstruction.