12-letter words containing h, e, p
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
- orthopterist — someone who studies the Orthoptera
- orthopteroid — (zoology) Any of the insects historically included in the order Orthoptera, including the cockroaches, earwigs, praying mantises, etc.
- orthopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Orthoptera, an order of insects, including the cockroaches, mantids, walking sticks, crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids, characterized by leathery forewings, membranous hind wings, and chewing mouthparts.
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of shape — person: unfit
- over the top — the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
- over-helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- over-the-top — the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paddle wheel — a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.
- paddle-wheel — a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
- palaeography — the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources
- palaeolithic — the period of the emergence of primitive man and the manufacture of unpolished chipped stone tools, about 2.5 million to 3 million years ago until about 12 000 bc
- paleographer — sb who studies ancient scripts
- panaesthesia — an individual's general awareness or perception
- panchen lama — Tashi Lama.
- panhellenism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all Greeks in one political body.
- panhellenium — an institution founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian idealizing Greece's Classical history
- pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
- pantothenate — a widely occurring derivative of pantothenic acid
- paper-pusher — a person who has a routine desk job.
- paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- paperhanging — the activity or business of a paperhanger.
- papier-mache — a substance made of pulped paper or paper pulp mixed with glue and other materials or of layers of paper glued and pressed together, molded when moist to form various articles, and becoming hard and strong when dry.
- pappenheimer — a heavy rapier of the 17th century, having a swept guard with two perforated plates.
- paraesthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paraesthetic — paresthesia.
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- paramorphine — thebaine.
- paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
- parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
- parish house — a building used by a church chiefly for administrative and social purposes.