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12-letter words containing h, e, r, o, p, i

  • night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
  • night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
  • nonspherical — not spherical
  • norephedrine — The drug phenylpropanolamine.
  • observership — someone or something that observes.
  • oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
  • oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
  • operatorship — (in the oil and gas industries) the right to operate a well, field, or other oil source.
  • oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
  • ornithopters — Plural form of ornithopter.
  • orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
  • orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
  • orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
  • paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
  • pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
  • 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
  • parish house — a building used by a church chiefly for administrative and social purposes.
  • parochialise — to make parochial.
  • parochialize — to make parochial.
  • pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
  • pedomorphism — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
  • perichoresis — the relationship between or interlinking of the three Persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)
  • pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
  • perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
  • peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
  • petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
  • petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
  • petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
  • pharmacopeia — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
  • phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
  • philodendron — a tropical American climbing plant belonging to the genus Philodendron, of the arum family, usually having smooth, shiny, evergreen leaves, often used as an ornamental houseplant.
  • photo relief — a method of showing the configuration of the relief of an area by photographing a model of it that is illuminated by a lamp in the northwest corner
  • photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • photothermic — pertaining to the thermal effects of light.
  • phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
  • phrenologize — to treat with phrenology or phrenological methods
  • phrontistery — a place or establishment for thinking, studying, or learning
  • picture show — motion picture.
  • picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
  • pinch roller — a flexible device that presses magnetic tape against the capstan in a tape recorder.
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