12-letter words containing h, e, r, o, p, i
- short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
- siphonophore — any pelagic hydrozoan of the order Siphonophora, being a floating or swimming colony composed of polyps.
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
- spermophytic — able to produce seed
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stereophonic — pertaining to a system of sound recording or reproduction using two or more separate channels to produce a more realistic effect by capturing the spatial dimensions of a performance (the location of performers as well as their acoustic surroundings), used especially with high-fidelity recordings and reproduction systems (opposed to monophonic).
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- superheroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- superiorship — the state or position of being superior
- teratophobia — fear of giving birth to a monster
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- the pointers — the two brightest stars in the Plough (Dubhe and Merak), which lie in the direction pointing towards the Pole Star and are therefore used to locate it
- the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
- the-pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
- thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.
- thermotropic — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
- third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
- trephination — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichopteran — trichopterous.
- trichopteron — trichopteran.
- trimethoprim — a synthetic crystalline compound, C 11 H 18 N 4 O 3 , usually combined with a sulfonamide as an antibiotic preparation in the treatment of urinary tract infections and pneumocystis pneumonia.
- triphosphate — a salt derived from triphosphoric acid.
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- vaporishness — the quality or state of being vaporish
- videographer — a person who makes films with a video camera.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- white poplar — Also called abele. an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S., having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery-white down.
- woodchippers — Plural form of woodchipper.
- xanthopterin — a yellow pigment, C6H5N5O2, found in some butterfly or moth wings or in the urine of mammals