12-letter words containing h, y, p, o, s
- hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hygrophilous — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- hylomorphism — the theory that every physical object is composed of two principles, an unchanging prime matter and a form deprived of actuality with every substantial change of the object.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hypapophysis — (anatomy) A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum.
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperarousal — A state of heightened psychological and physiological tension resulting in reduced pain tolerance, anxiety, excessive response to sensory stimulation, insomnia, and fatigue.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
- hyperidrosis — excessive or abnormal sweating
- hyperosmolar — Of, pertaining to, or as a result of hyperosmolarity.
- hyperostosis — abnormal development of bony tissue.
- hypersarcoma — a growth of proud or fungous flesh
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hypnogenesis — induction of the hypnotic state.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypochlorous — of or derived from hypochlorous acid.
- hypocoristic — endearing, as a pet name, diminutive, or euphemism.
- hypocycloids — Plural form of hypocycloid.
- hypoesthesia — an abnormally weak sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- hypohidrosis — abnormally diminished sweating.
- hypophonesis — a sound of less than usual intensity in percussion or auscultation.
- hypophyllous — growing on the undersurface of leaves, as a fungus.
- hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
- hypostasised — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
- hypostatised — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- hyposulphate — a salt derived from hyposulphuric acid
- hyposulphite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- hypothalamus — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- hypothesis's — a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
- hypothesised — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesises — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothesize.
- hypothesizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypothesize.
- 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.
- hysteroscopy — (medicine) The examination of the uterus using a hysteroscope.
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
- macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.