12-letter words containing h, i, s, p
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
- nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
- non-hispanic — Spanish.
- non-strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
- nonphysician — a person who is not a physician
- nonpsychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- np-hilarious — (humour) An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- observership — someone or something that observes.
- octastrophic — having or containing eight verses or strophes
- oesophagitis — Alternative spelling of esophagitis.
- oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion
- operatorship — (in the oil and gas industries) the right to operate a well, field, or other oil source.
- ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
- ophiophagous — eating snakes.
- ophiophilist — a person who loves snakes
- ophthalmitis — ophthalmia.
- opisthodomos — Also called posticum. a small room in the cella of a classical temple, as for a treasury.
- opisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on both sides of the leaves.
- opisthotonic — of or relating to opisthotonos
- opisthotonos — Spasm of the muscles causing backward arching of the head, neck, and spine, as in severe tetanus, some kinds of meningitis, and strychnine poisoning.
- optic chiasm — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
- oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
- ornithopters — Plural form of ornithopter.
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
- orthopterist — someone who studies the Orthoptera
- orthotropism — Botany. orthotropic tendency or growth.
- oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overlordship — a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paki-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked physical assaults upon Pakistani immigrants or people of Pakistani descent
- panaesthesia — an individual's general awareness or perception
- panarthritis — arthritis in the entire joint
- panhellenism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all Greeks in one political body.
- panning shot — pan3 (def 6).
- pantophagist — an omnivore
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- paraesthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.