14-letter words containing l, p, s
- happy as larry — extremely happy
- happy families — a card game in which the object is to collect the cards (which display images of people) until you have a complete family
- happy slapping — the practice of attacking, esp slapping, an unsuspecting passer-by and filming it with a mobile camera phone, footage of which is then circulated for the amusement of others
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- health physics — the branch of physics concerned with the health and safety of people in medical, scientific, and industrial work, esp with protection from the biological effects of ionizing radiation
- heaven help sb — You say 'Heaven help someone' when you are worried that something bad is going to happen to them, often because you disapprove of what they are doing or the way they are behaving.
- hedge clippers — clippers or shears used to trim hedges
- heliosciophyte — any plant that grows in the shade, but thrives more in the sun
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- herpes simplex — either of two herpes diseases caused by a herpesvirus that infects humans and some other animals and produces small, transient blisters on the skin or mucous membranes, one type of virus (herpes simplex virus type 1, or HSV-1) usually associated with oral herpes but also causing genital herpes and the other (herpes simplex virus type 2, or HSV-2) usually causing genital herpes.
- herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
- heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
- heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
- high explosive — a class of explosive, as TNT, in which the reaction is so rapid as to be practically instantaneous, used in shells and bombs.
- histopathology — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
- histoplasmosis — an infectious disease of the reticuloendothelial system, caused by the fungus Histoplasma capsulatum and characterized by fever, anemia, and emaciation.
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- holy sepulcher — the sepulcher in which the body of Jesus lay between His burial and His resurrection.
- holy sepulchre — the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion
- homotransplant — allograft.
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital board — the group of people responsible for the safe and efficient running of a hospital
- hospital drama — a TV programme or series based on events in a hospital
- hospital light — hopper casement.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- household soap — a substance that you use with water for washing clothes, removing stains, cleaning floors, etc
- hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
- hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
- hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
- hypercatalexis — the addition of one or more syllables after the final foot in a line of verse.
- hypercivilised — extremely or excessively civilized
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperrealistic — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- hypersexualise — Alternative spelling of hypersexualize.
- hypersexuality — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hypersexualize — To make extremely sexual; to accentuate the sexuality of.
- hypersomnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypocoristical — (rare) synonym of hypocoristic.
- hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
- hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
- hypostatically — In a hypostatic manner.
- hyposulphurous — relating to sulphur in a low state of oxidation
- hypothalamus's — 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.
- imparisyllabic — (of a noun) not composed of the same number of syllables in all of its inflected forms, as Latin corpus, corporis.
- impassableness — The quality of being impassable.