12-letter words containing n, o, s, p, e
- gentleperson — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.
- glockenspiel — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used especially in bands.
- god's plenty — an abundant or overabundant quantity.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
- gossipmonger — a person especially fond of or addicted to gossiping.
- governorship — the duties, term in office, etc., of a governor.
- grass sponge — a large, dark brown, commercial sponge, Spongia graminea, of Florida, the West Indies, and the Gulf of Mexico.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- heckelphones — Plural form of heckelphone.
- hellespontus — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- helmspersons — Plural form of helmsperson.
- henle's loop — loop of Henle.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- hierophanies — Plural form of hierophany.
- hispaniolize — to make someone Spanish in their cultural attitudes, values, speech, etc
- hispanophile — an admirer of Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- hispanophobe — a person who dislikes Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- 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
- homo sapiens — (italics) the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong, characterized by a brain capacity averaging 1400 cc (85 cubic in.) and by dependence upon language and the creation and utilization of complex tools.
- hopelessness — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- hopkinsville — a city in S Kentucky.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- hosepipe ban — a ban, due to water shortage, on using hosepipes to water the garden or wash cars
- housekeeping — the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hypnogenesis — induction of the hypnotic state.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypophonesis — a sound of less than usual intensity in percussion or auscultation.
- ichnospecies — (paleontology) Any species known only from trace fossils, such as footprints, coprolites or nests.
- il penseroso — a poem (1632) by John Milton.
- impassionate — filled with passion; impassioned.
- impersonally — In an impersonal manner.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impersonates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impersonate.
- impersonator — a person who pretends to be another.
- impetiginous — a contagious skin disease, especially of children, usually caused by streptococcal bacteria, marked by a superficial pustular eruption, particularly on the face.
- implementors — Plural form of implementor.
- impoliteness — not polite or courteous; discourteous; rude: an impolite reply.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- imposingness — The quality of being imposing.
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.