12-letter words containing i, s, o, p, e, t
- exspoliation — (obsolete) spoliation.
- extemporised — Simple past tense and past participle of extemporise.
- extemporizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extemporize.
- extropianism — Belief in, or support for, the theory of extropy.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- fetoproteins — Plural form of fetoprotein.
- fiber optics — the branch of optics that deals with the transmission of light through transparent fibers, as in the form of pulses for the transmission of data or communications, or through fiber bundles for the transmission of images.
- fibre optics — optical fibre
- field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
- fire support — support given by artillery and aircraft to infantry and armored vehicles.
- first person — the grammatical person used by a speaker in statements referring to himself or herself (first person singular) or to a group including himself or herself (first person plural)
- fleet prison — (formerly) a London prison, esp used for holding debtors
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- fort pickens — Andrew, 1739–1817, American Revolutionary general.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
- four-striper — a captain in the U.S. Navy.
- frontispiece — an illustrated leaf preceding the title page of a book.
- geophysicist — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- get to grips — to deal with (a problem or subject)
- go to pieces — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- hit the spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- hiv positive — (of a person) diagnosed by a test as being infected with HIV.
- hiv-positive — (of a person) diagnosed by a test as being infected with HIV.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- home posting — an appointment to a position within one's own country
- homeopathist — a person who practices or favors homeopathy.
- horse pistol — a large pistol formerly carried by horsemen.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hospitalised — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hospitalize.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hyperostosis — abnormal development of bony tissue.
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypoesthesia — an abnormally weak sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch.
- 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.
- hyposulphite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- 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.