12-letter words containing h, p, s
- northern spy — an American variety of red-striped apple that ripens in autumn or early winter.
- 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
- ombrophobous — (of plants) not able to tolerate wet conditions
- omphaloscopy — Introversion.
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- on the ropes — a strong, thick line or cord, commonly one composed of twisted or braided strands of hemp, flax, or the like, or of wire or other material.
- on the stump — If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election.
- onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion
- open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- 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
- oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
- 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.
- orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
- orthopterist — someone who studies the Orthoptera
- orthopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Orthoptera, an order of insects, including the cockroaches, mantids, walking sticks, crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids, characterized by leathery forewings, membranous hind wings, and chewing mouthparts.
- orthotropism — Botany. orthotropic tendency or growth.
- orthotropous — Botany. (of an ovule) straight and symmetrical, with the chalaza at the evident base and the micropyle at the opposite extremity.
- 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.
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of shape — person: unfit
- 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.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- 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