12-letter words containing h, e, r, p, t
- diphtheritic — pertaining to diphtheria.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- duple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of disyllabic feet.
- 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.
- electrophile — (chemistry) a compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond.
- electrophone — (music) any instrument designed to create sounds using electrical currents.
- electrophori — Plural form of electrophorus.
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- enantiomorph — Each of two crystalline or other geometric forms that are mirror images of each other.
- encipherment — The act or process of enciphering; encryption.
- 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
- erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
- ethnographer — One who practices ethnography.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- export house — a company that does not manufacture goods but is instead concerned solely with the financing or handling of their export
- extrahepatic — Originating or occurring outside the liver.
- extremophile — A microorganism, especially an archaean, that lives in conditions of extreme temperature, acidity, alkalinity, or chemical concentration.
- feather palm — any palm having large pinnate or bipinnate leaves, as the date palm or royal palm.
- french pleat — curtain, draperies
- 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.
- gerontophile — someone who is sexually attracted to old people
- gerontophobe — a person who fears or hates old people or the idea of growing old
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
- 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.
- 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
- group theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the structure of mathematical groups and mappings between them.
- gutta-percha — the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, especially Palaquium gutta.
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- hand-printed — (of numbers, letters, or designs) printed, or put on a surface, by hand rather than by machine
- heart-shaped — shaped like a stylized heart with a double rounded top
- heartstopper — something so frightening or emotionally gripping as to make one's heart seem to stop beating: We didn't crash, but it was a heartstopper.
- helicoptered — Simple past tense and past participle of helicopter.
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.