12-letter words containing o, a, t, h
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- hepatoxicity — Toxicity that affects the liver.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- here to stay — If you say that something is here to stay, you mean that people have accepted it and it has become a part of everyday life.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- hessian boot — a knee-high tasseled boot, fashionable in England in the early 19th century.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heterocercal — having an unequally divided tail, characteristic of sharks, rays, and skates.
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterogamete — either of a pair of conjugating gametes differing in form, size, structure, or sex.
- heterogamety — the condition or state of being heterogametic
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- heterografts — Plural form of heterograft.
- heterography — spelling different from that in current use.
- heterokaryon — a cell containing two or more nuclei of differing genetic constitutions.
- heterokontan — of or relating to a heterokont
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- heterophobia — Fear or resentment of what is different.
- heterophoria — a latent strabismus of one or both eyes.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heteropteran — A bug of the group Heteroptera.
- heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- heterotactic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterotaxis.
- heterothally — the condition of being heterothallic
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high voltage — high-power electricity
- high-voltage — operating on or powered by high voltage: a high-voltage generator.
- hill station — a village, post, or the like, especially in S Asia, at a high altitude where government officials and others can be stationed to escape the great heat of tropical summers.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hippophagist — a person who eats horseflesh.
- hippopotamic — like, of, or relating to a hippopotamus
- hippopotamus — a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
- histiocytoma — A tumour consisting of histiocytes.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- histological — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- hit (out) at — to aim a blow at; try to hit
- hit the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.