12-letter words containing l, y, o, p
- epidemiology — The branch of medicine that deals with the incidence, distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health.
- epiphytology — the study of epiphytes
- episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
- epistemology — The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.
- epoxylignane — (organic chemistry) Any lignane in which the two \u03b3-carbon atoms of the side chains are linked via an oxygen atom to form a tetrahydrofuran ring.
- euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
- euphoniously — In a euphonious manner.
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- extemporally — In an extemporal manner.
- film company — a company dedicated to the making of motion pictures
- floppy drive — disk drive
- fluorography — photofluorography.
- fly the coop — an enclosure, cage, or pen, usually with bars or wires, in which fowls or other small animals are confined for fattening, transportation, etc.
- formyl group — the univalent group HCO–, derived from formic acid.
- fosbury flop — a modern high-jumping technique whereby the jumper clears the bar headfirst and backwards
- fowl typhoid — a septicemic disease of fowl, especially chickens, caused by the bacterium Salmonella gallinarum and marked by fever, loss of appetite, thirst, anemic pallor of the skin of the head, and prostration.
- fuel poverty — the state of being unable to afford to heat one's home adequately
- galley proof — a proof, originally one set from type in a galley, taken before the material has been made up into pages and usually printed as a single column of type with wide margins for marking corrections.
- gamophyllous — having leaves united by their edges.
- gastroplasty — any plastic surgery on the stomach.
- glossography — a glossator.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- glycopeptide — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- glyphography — a plate-making process in which an electrotype is made from an engraved copper plate
- glyptography — the description or study of engraved gems or other stones.
- god's plenty — an abundant or overabundant quantity.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- happy couple — two people in a happy romantic relationship, especially two people who have just married
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heteroploidy — (genetics) The state of being heteroploid.
- hieroglyphic — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- holiday camp — In Britain, a holiday camp is a place which provides holiday accommodation and entertainment for large numbers of people.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- horseplayers — Plural form of horseplayer.
- hydrocephaly — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrophilite — a white mineral consisting of potassium and calcium
- hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- 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.
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.