12-letter words containing h, p, a
- dip the flag — to salute by lowering a flag briefly
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- dispatch box — a case or box used to hold valuables or documents, esp official state documents
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- display hack — (graphics) A program with the same approximate purpose as a kaleidoscope: to make pretty pictures. Famous display hacks include munching squares, smoking clover, the BSD Unix "rain(6)" program, "worms(6)" on miscellaneous Unixes, and the X "kaleid(1)" program. Display hacks can also be implemented without programming by creating text files containing numerous escape sequences for interpretation by a video terminal; one notable example displayed, on any VT100, a Christmas tree with twinkling lights and a toy train circling its base. The hack value of a display hack is proportional to the aesthetic value of the images times the cleverness of the algorithm divided by the size of the code. Synonym psychedelicware.
- dodecaphonic — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- draughtproof — That prevents the access of draughts.
- duncan phyfe — of, relating to, or resembling the furniture made by Duncan Phyfe, especially the earlier pieces in the Sheraton and Directoire styles.
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- earth pillar — a pillar of earthy matter left by erosion of the surrounding ground.
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- elephantitis — (US) misconstruction of elephantiasis.
- ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
- empathically — In an empathic manner.
- emphatically — In a forceful way.
- empty-handed — carrying nothing
- empty-headed — If you describe someone as empty-headed, you mean that they are not very intelligent and often do silly things.
- enantiomorph — Each of two crystalline or other geometric forms that are mirror images of each other.
- enantiopathy — the treatment of disease by opposites; allopathy
- encephalitic — Of or pertaining to encephalitis.
- encephalitis — Inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction.
- encompasseth — Archaic third-person singular form of encompass.
- enhypostasia — personalities existing in union (Jesus Christ and God the Son)
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- enophthalmos — The posterior displacement of the eyeball within the orbit due to changes in the volume of the orbit (bone) relative to its contents (the eyeball and orbital fat), or loss of function of the orbitalis muscle.
- enthesopathy — (pathology) A disorder of entheses (bone attachments).
- entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.
- eosinophilia — An increase in the number of eosinophils in the blood, occurring in response to some allergens, drugs, and parasites, and in some types of leukemia.
- epanorthosis — (rhetoric) A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm.
- epencephalon — the cerebellum and pons Varolii
- ephebophilia — the condition of being sexually attracted to adolescents
- ephemerality — (uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
- ephemeridian — relating to ephemera
- epigraphical — Epigraphic.
- epiphenomena — Plural form of epiphenomenon.
- epirrhematic — relating to epirrhema
- epithalamion — A song or poem celebrating a marriage.
- epithalamium — A song or poem celebrating a marriage.
- epitheliomas — Plural form of epithelioma.
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.