13-letter words containing h, i, p, e
- euler-chelpin — Hans (Karl August) von. 1873–1964, Swedish biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1929) with Sir Arthur Harden for their work on enzymes: father of Ulf von Euler
- euphausiacean — a member of the Euphausiacea order of small shrimplike crustaceans
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- exhaustipated — Too tired to care about anything.
- extremophiles — Plural form of extremophile.
- fashion plate — a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
- feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
- fellowshiping — Present participle of fellowship.
- fellowshipped — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- fighter pilot — sb who pilots a bomber plane
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
- genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
- geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- give it heaps — to try very hard
- give the slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- glacial epoch — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
- gopher client — (networking) A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
- graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- graphitizable — (chemistry, of carbon) Able to be converted to graphite.
- guttersnipish — Resembling or characteristic of a guttersnipe.
- gynaecophobia — (psychology) An irrational fear of women.
- hagiographers — Plural form of hagiographer.
- hagiographies — Plural form of hagiography.
- hair clippers — device for trimming hair
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- hate campaign — A hate campaign is a series of actions which are intended to harm or upset someone, or to make other people have a low opinion of them.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- heat capacity — the heat required to raise the temperature of a substance one degree.
- heating plant — a building or facility containing a boiler or furnace that provides heat to a building or a number of buildings
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- heavy petting — Informal. intense petting that involves mutual stimulation of the genitals but not sexual intercourse.
- heir apparent — an heir whose right is indefeasible, provided he or she survives the ancestor.
- heliographing — Present participle of heliograph.
- heliotropical — heliotropic
- helispherical — spiral
- help off with — If you help someone off with an item of clothing, you help them take it off.
- hematopoiesis — the formation of blood.
- hematopoietic — the formation of blood.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.