12-letter words containing h, y, r
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- criptography — (spelling) It's spelled "cryptography".
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- crymotherapy — cryotherapy.
- cryptography — the science or study of analysing and deciphering codes, ciphers, etc; cryptanalysis
- cryptorchids — Plural form of cryptorchid.
- cryptorchism — failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
- crystal meth — crystal methamphetamine, a concentrated and highly potent form of methamphetamine with dangerous side effects
- curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
- curly-haired — having hair that forms curls
- cyanohydrins — Plural form of cyanohydrin.
- cyberathlete — a professional player of computer games
- cycle crunch — (jargon) A situation wherein the number of people trying to use a computer simultaneously has reached the point where no one can get enough cycles because they are spread too thin and the system has probably begun to thrash. This scenario is an inevitable result of Parkinson's Law applied to time-sharing. Usually the only solution is to buy more computer. Happily, this has rapidly become easier since the mid-1980s, so much so that the very term "cycle crunch" now has a faintly archaic flavour; most hackers now use workstations or personal computers as opposed to traditional time-sharing systems.
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- decahydrates — Plural form of decahydrate.
- deep therapy — radiotherapy with very penetrating short-wave radiation
- delray beach — a city in SE Florida.
- delta rhythm — the normal electrical activity of the cerebral cortex during deep sleep, occurring at a frequency of 1 to 4 hertz and detectable with an electroencephalograph
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- dermatophyte — any parasitic fungus that affects the skin
- deuteropathy — any abnormality that is secondary to another pathological condition.
- diathermancy — the property of transmitting infrared radiation
- die horribly — (jargon) The software equivalent of crash and burn, and the preferred emphatic form of die. "The converter choked on an FF in its input and died horribly".
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- dithyrambist — a writer or performer of dithyrambs
- ditriglyphic — of or pertaining to ditriglyphs
- double rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
- drapery shop — a shop selling fabrics and sewing materials
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- duple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of disyllabic feet.
- dwarf cherry — any of several low, North American cherries that grow on dry or sandy soil, especially Prunus pumila, of the Great Lakes region.
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- dysrhythmias — Plural form of dysrhythmia.
- early blight — a disease of plants characterized by leaf spotting, defoliation, and stunted growth, caused by any of several fungi, as Alternaria solani or Cercospora apii.
- early hebrew — noting or pertaining to the alphabetical script used for the writing of Hebrew mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries b.c.
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- ephemerality — (uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
- erythroblast — An immature erythrocyte containing a nucleus.
- erythrocytes — Plural form of erythrocyte.
- erythrocytic — Of or pertaining to erythrocytes.
- erythroderma — An inflammatory skin disease with erythema and scaling that affects nearly the entire cutaneous surface.
- erythromycin — An antibiotic used in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It is similar in its effects to penicillin.
- erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
- ethnohistory — The branch of anthropology concerned with the history of peoples and cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- ethylmercury — (chemistry) The organometallic cation CH3CH2Hg+; it is a toxicant that does not seem to accumulate in the environment.
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.