11-letter words containing h, e, r, p
- epigraphist — A person who studies epigraphy (inscriptions).
- epimorphism — (category theory) A morphism p such that for any other pair of morphisms f and g, if f \\circ p = g \\circ p, then f = g.
- epinephrine — A hormone secreted by the adrenal glands, especially in conditions of stress, increasing rates of blood circulation, breathing, and carbohydrate metabolism and preparing muscles for exertion.
- epitrochoid — A geometric curve traced by a fixed point on one circle which rotates around the perimeter of another circle. Examples include the shape of the Wankel engine.
- erev pesach — the day before Passover
- ergatomorph — an ergatoid ant
- eriophorous — relating to cotton grass
- erotophobia — an abnormal fear of sexuality
- erythropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear red
- ethnography — The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- ferrography — the analysis of iron in lubricants in order to assess the extent of wear in a machine
- fever pitch — a high degree of excitement, as of a gathering of people: The announcement of victory brought the crowd to fever pitch.
- fire-polish — to smooth (glass) by reheating to remove tool marks or other imperfections in the surface.
- flapperhood — (in the 1920s) the condition of flappers, the state of being a flapper
- flash eprom — Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
- flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
- flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
- flower shop — a shop where flowers and pot plants are sold
- fluorophore — (biochemistry) A molecule or functional group which is capable of fluorescence.
- foremanship — The position of a foreman.
- foundership — The condition of having founded something.
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- francophobe — Also, Francophobic. fearing or hating France, the French people, and French culture, products, etc.
- francophone — Also, Francophonic [frang-kuh-fon-ik] /ˌfræŋ kəˈfɒn ɪk/ (Show IPA). speaking French, especially as a member of a French-speaking population.
- free speech — freedom of speech.
- french chop — a rib chop, usually of lamb, with the meat trimmed from the end of the bone.
- french harp — harmonica (def 1).
- friendships — Plural form of friendship.
- froghoppers — Plural form of froghopper.
- ftp archive — archive site
- gametophore — a part or structure bearing gametangia.
- garden path — paved walkway
- garden-path — noting or pertaining to a sentence that is easily parsed incorrectly because its beginning suggests it has an interpretation that it clearly does not have.
- generalship — skill as commander of a large military force or unit.
- geographers — Plural form of geographer.
- geographies — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
- geostrophic — of or relating to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.
- germaphobia — Pathological fear of germs.
- germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
- germophobic — Morbidly afraid of germs.
- gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
- gomphothere — Any of the extinct proboscideans of the family Gomphotheriidae, that lived in North America and Eurasia during the Miocene and Pliocene (12\u20141.6 million years ago), and latterly also in South America (around 3 million to 9100 years ago).
- gopher ball — a pitched ball hit for a home run: leading the league in gopher balls.
- gopher wood — an unidentified wood used in building Noah's ark. Gen. 6:14.
- gopherberry — bush huckleberry.
- gopherspace — (networking) The sum of all files that can be reached using gopher.
- gramophones — Plural form of gramophone.
- grandnephew — a son of one's nephew or niece.
- graph paper — paper printed with a pattern of straight or curved lines, especially a grid of small squares, for plotting or drawing graphs and curves.