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12-letter words containing h, y, p, o, c, i

  • hypnotically — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
  • hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
  • hypocalcemia — an abnormally small amount of calcium in the blood.
  • hypocalcemic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hypocalcemia.
  • hypochloride — Misspelling of hypochlorite.
  • hypochlorite — a salt or ester of hypochlorous acid.
  • hypochondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
  • hypocoristic — endearing, as a pet name, diminutive, or euphemism.
  • hypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • hypocycloids — Plural form of hypocycloid.
  • hypoeutectic — (of steel) having less carbon than the 0.8 percent of eutectoid steel.
  • hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
  • hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
  • hypoglycemic — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
  • hypothalamic — Of or pertaining to the hypothalamus.
  • hypothetical — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
  • hypotonicity — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
  • hypotrochoid — a geometric curve or pattern formed by following a fixed point on the radial line of a small circle moving around the circumference of a larger circle
  • hypsochromic — (physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a higher frequency.
  • hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
  • ichthyophagy — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
  • lamprophyric — belonging or relating to a lamprophyre
  • lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
  • microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
  • microphysics — the branch of physics dealing with physical objects that are not large enough to be observed and treated directly, as elementary particles, atoms, and molecules.
  • monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
  • monophysitic — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
  • myrmecophile — An invertebrate or plant that has a symbiotic relationship with ants, such as being tended and protected by ants or living inside an ants' nest.
  • myrmecophily — symbiosis with ants
  • 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.
  • nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
  • nymphomaniac — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
  • onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
  • ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
  • pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
  • perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
  • petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
  • petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
  • phagocytotic — relating to phagocytosis
  • phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
  • phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • photoglyphic — of or relating to photoglyphy
  • phycologists — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
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