11-letter words containing h, o, p, e
- judeophobia — Alternative case form of Judeophobia.
- karate chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- karate-chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- keep kosher — to observe the Jewish dietary laws
- keeper hook — an S -shaped hook for securing doors, windows, etc., or for fastening a batten to a flat.
- keogh plans — a pension plan for an unincorporated business entity or self-employed person.
- keratophyre — a fine-grained soda trachyte
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
- lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
- lappet moth — a large purple-brown hairy eggar moth, Gastropacha quercifolia, whose grey furry caterpillars have lappets on each flank
- leaf-hopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
- leper house — a hospital for lepers; leprosarium.
- levorphanol — a potent synthetic narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 7 , as the tartrate, used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain.
- light opera — operetta.
- lithopedion — (medical) A calcium-encased foetus that occurs in ectopic abdominal pregnancies when the foetus dies and is not reabsorbed by the maternal body, whereby the maternal system encases the foreign body (foetus) in calcium to isolate it.
- lithophytes — Plural form of lithophyte.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
- luminophore — a molecule or group of molecules that emits light when illuminated.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lychnoscope — lowside window.
- lymph nodes — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphocytes — Plural form of lymphocyte.
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lyophilised — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- lyophilized — Simple past tense and past participle of lyophilize.
- lyophilizer — Freeze-drying equipment; freeze-dryer.
- macrophages — Plural form of macrophage.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- magpie moth — a geometrid moth, Abraxas grossulariata, showing variable patterning in black on white or yellow, whose looper larvae attack currant and gooseberry bushes. The paler clouded magpie is A. sylvata
- maple honey — maple syrup.
- massey hope — (language, functional programming) A refinement of Hope+C by Nigel Perry <[email protected]> of Massey University, NZ, with improved syntax.
- megaphoning — Present participle of megaphone.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- mellophones — Plural form of mellophone.
- melpomenish — Tragic; relating to tragedy in a literary or theatrical work.
- memory chip — In a computer, the memory chip is the microchip in which information is stored.
- menaphthone — Menadione.
- mephenytoin — A hydantoin used as an anticonvulsant.
- meromorphic — of or relating to a function that is analytic, except for poles, in a given domain.
- mesomorphic — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- mesonephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- mesophilous — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.