13-letter words containing h, i, p, o, t
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- leap of faith — to spring through the air from one point or position to another; jump: to leap over a ditch.
- leptocephalic — having a narrow skull
- lipodystrophy — A disorder characterized by abnormal or degenerative conditions of the body's adipose tissue.
- lithoglyptics — The art of cutting and engraving gems.
- lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
- lithontriptic — of or relating to destroying bladder or kidney stones
- lithotripters — Plural form of lithotripter.
- lithotriptist — a person skilled in breaking and removing stones from the bladder
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- lymphatolysis — destruction of lymphatic vessels or of lymphoid tissue.
- lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
- lymphocytosis — an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lymphomatosis — lymphoma spread throughout the body.
- lymphopoietin — (protein) A cytokine protein that has a function in T cell maturation.
- lymphotrophic — carrying nutrients from the lymph to the tissues.
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
- metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
- metamorphotic — Of or relating to metamorphosis.
- metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
- microchip art — (hardware) (chip art, chip graffiti) Images etched on integrated circuits purely for decoration, visible only under a microscope.
- minor prophet — any of a group of Old Testament prophets, including Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
- misanthropist — a hater of humankind.
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- molly pitcher — Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley) 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
- monophysitism — (Christianity) A Christian belief which holds that the human nature of Jesus Christ was essentially absorbed by the divine, and thus that he essentially had but one nature, contrary to the orthodox view that Christ has two natures, both fully human and fully divine. A variant is apollonarianism, which has gnostic overtones and used hellenistic ideas alien to orthodox Christianity.
- monostrophics — monostrophic verses
- monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.
- morphogenetic — the development of structural features of an organism or part.
- morphometrics — a technique of taxonomic analysis using measurements of the form of organisms
- multihospital — comprising or relating to several hospitals
- multiple shop — chain store.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
- nephrectomize — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- nephropathies — Plural form of nephropathy.
- niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
- non-sophistic — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
- nonpathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- northern pike — a pike, Esox lucius, of North American and Eurasian waters, valued as a game fish.
- on a par with — If you say that two people or things are on a par with each other, you mean that they are equally good or bad, or equally important.
- on the parish — receiving parochial relief
- onychophagist — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- opening night — the first performance of a theatrical attraction, taking place in the evening: The audience was full of celebrities on opening night.
- opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.