11-letter words containing i, s, p, y
- heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- histotrophy — A form of matrotrophy exhibited by some live-bearing sharks and rays, in which the developing embryo receives additional nutrition from its mother in the form of uterine secretions called histotroph.
- holophytism — the property of being holophytic
- holy spirit — the spirit of God.
- homophylies — Plural form of homophyly.
- hospitality — the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers.
- hydroponics — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydroscopic — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hygroscopic — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- hylopathism — the theory that understands matter as conscious or receptive to feeling
- hylopathist — an adherent of hylopathism
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hyperbolise — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hyperemesis — vomitus.
- hyperinosis — a blood condition characterized by the presence of excessive levels of fibrin
- hypermnesia — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hypermnesic — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hyperplasia — abnormal multiplication of cells.
- hyperplasic — Relating to hyperplasia.
- hypersaline — Having an abnormally high salinity.
- hyperscript — Informix. The object-based programming language for Wingz, used for creating charts, graphs, graphics, and customised data entry.
- hypersomnia — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
- hyperstrict — A function which is hyperstrict in some argument will fully evaluate that argument. To fully evaluate an object, evaluate it to WHNF and if it is a constructed data object (e.g. a list or tuple) then fully evaluate every component and so on recursively. Thus a hyperstrict function will fail to terminate if its argument or any component or sub-component of its argument fails to terminate (i.e. if its argument is not "total").
- hypervisors — Plural form of hypervisor.
- hypesthesia — an abnormally weak sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch.
- hypnotising — Present participle of hypnotise.
- hypnotistic — of or relating to a hypnotist
- hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
- hypocorisms — Plural form of hypocorism.
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- hypocrinism — an abnormal condition caused by insufficient secretion from a gland, especially an endocrine gland.
- hypocrisies — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- hypogenesis — underdevelopment of an organ or function, especially in the embryo.
- hypoglottis — Anatomy. the underside of the tongue.
- hypohalites — Plural form of hypohalite.
- hypokinesia — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- hypokinesis — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- hyponitrous — of or derived from hyponitrous acid.
- hypoosmotic — Hypotonic.
- hypophysial — pituitary gland.
- hypoplastic — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- hypospadias — (medicine) A birth defect of the male urethra that involves an abnormally placed urinary meatus.
- hypostasize — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.