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12-letter words containing h, o, n, e, y

  • hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
  • hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
  • hymenopteran — hymenopterous.
  • hymenopteron — hymenopteran.
  • hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
  • hyperflexion — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
  • hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
  • hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
  • hypnogenesis — induction of the hypnotic state.
  • hypnotherapy — treatment of a symptom, disease, or addiction by means of hypnotism.
  • hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
  • hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
  • hypokeimenon — Alternative spelling of hupokeimenon.
  • hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
  • hypophonesis — a sound of less than usual intensity in percussion or auscultation.
  • hypoxanthine — a white, crystalline, almost water-soluble, alkaloidal purine derivative, C 5 H 4 N 4 O, found in animal and vegetable tissues: used chiefly in biochemical research.
  • hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
  • hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
  • in the money — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
  • inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
  • incoherently — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
  • iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
  • ip telephony — (communications)   (IPT, Internet Telephony) Use of IP data connections to exchange voice and fax data that have traditionally been carried over the public switched telephone network. During the late 1990s, an increasing number of telephone calls have been routed over the Internet. Calls made in this way avoid PSTN charges. Unlike traditional telephony, IP telephony is relatively unregulated. Companies providing these services are known as Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs). They include telephone companies, cable TV companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs). There are still many problems with voice quality, latency, compression algorithms, and quality of service. See also Computer Telephone Integration.
  • johnny house — Johnny (def 3).
  • kenny method — a method of treating poliomyelitis, in which hot, moist packs are applied to affected muscles to relieve spasms and pain, and a regimen of exercises is prescribed to prevent deformities and to strengthen the muscles.
  • keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
  • kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
  • laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
  • liothyronine — A form of thyroid hormone used to treat hypothyroidism and myxedema coma.
  • lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
  • lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
  • lysolecithin — any compound of lecithin produced by the removal of one of the fatty acid groups by hydrolysis
  • magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
  • manuka honey — honey from the nectar of the manuka tree, often used for medicinal purposes; known as active manuka honey if it has a UMF rating of over 10.
  • moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
  • monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
  • monkey house — a cage or enclosure in a zoo where monkeys are kept
  • monkeyshines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
  • monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
  • monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
  • monohydrogen — relating to a molecule in which there is a single hydrogen ion for each combining ion
  • monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
  • monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.
  • mythogenesis — the creation and development of myths
  • narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
  • neoorthodoxy — a movement in Protestant theology, beginning after World War I, stressing the absolute sovereignty of God and chiefly characterized by a reaction against liberal theology and a reaffirmation of certain doctrines of the Reformation.
  • nephelometry — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
  • nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
  • neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
  • new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
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