15-letter words containing h, y, p, o, c
- gynandromorphic — (of an organism) Having male and female characteristics.
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hemicryptophyte — any perennial plant that bears its overwintering buds at soil level, where they are often partly covered by surface debris
- holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
- holographically — In a holographic way.
- homeopathically — By means of homeopathy.
- honeycomb tripe — a part of the inner lining of the stomach of the steer, calf, hog, or sheep, resembling a honeycomb in appearance and considered a table delicacy.
- house physician — a house officer working in a medical as opposed to a surgical discipline
- hybrid computer — a computer system containing both analog and digital hardware.
- hydropathically — in a hydropathic manner; in a manner relating to hydropathy
- hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
- hype-carbonated — (of a product or service) overvalued as a result of relentless marketing and PR or intensive media exposure
- hyperactivation — (biology) A form of sperm motility associated with active beating of the flagellum.
- hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- hypercorrection — the substitution, in an inappropriate context, of a pronunciation, grammatical form, or usage thought by the speaker or writer to be appropriate, resulting usually from overgeneralizing in an effort to replace seemingly incorrect forms with correct ones, as the substitution of between you and I for between you and me, by analogy with you and I as the subject of a sentence.
- hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hyperproduction — an increased or excessive production or output
- hypersomnolence — sleepy; drowsy.
- hyperweak force — a hypothetical force that transforms quarks into leptons and vice versa at high energies.
- hypochlorhydria — (pathology) The presence of an insufficient amount of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
- hypochondriacal — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- hypochondriasis — 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.
- hypocortisolism — (medicine) A cortisol deficiency.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- hypoinsulinemic — Having hypoinsulinemia.
- hystricomorphic — relating to a suborder of rodents
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
- lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
- malayan camphor — borneol.
- mass psychology — the study of the behavior of large groups of people.
- metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
- microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
- micromorphology — the study of the form and structure of organisms at a microscopic level
- microphotometry — the use of microphotometers to measure the intensity of light transmitted or reflected by very small areas
- microphysically — in a microphysical manner
- microsporophyll — a leaflike organ bearing microsporangia.
- microtopography — microrelief.
- morphologically — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- murphy-o'connor — Cormac. born 1932, British cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster (2000–09)
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.