11-letter words containing o, h, p
- lithotripsy — the pulverization and removal of urinary calculi using a lithotripter.
- logagraphia — inability to express ideas in writing
- logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- loop stitch — any stitch, as the chain stitch, that uses loops in the pattern or process of working.
- lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
- low-sulphur — (esp of fuel) containing or made from sources containing relatively little sulphur
- luminophore — a molecule or group of molecules that emits light when illuminated.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- lychnoscope — lowside window.
- lymph nodes — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- lymphocytes — Plural form of lymphocyte.
- lymphocytic — Of, or pertaining to lymphocytes.
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- lymphonodus — (anatomy) lymph node.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lymphotoxin — a glycoprotein that is released by antigen-stimulated or mitogen-stimulated T cells and is toxic to various other cells.
- lyophilised — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- lyophilized — Simple past tense and past participle of lyophilize.
- lyophilizer — Freeze-drying equipment; freeze-dryer.
- lyssophobia — a pathological fear of going insane.
- macrographs — Plural form of macrograph.
- macrography — examination or study of an object with the naked eye (opposed to micrography).
- macrophages — Plural form of macrophage.
- macrophagic — Of or pertaining to macrophages.
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
- magpie moth — a geometrid moth, Abraxas grossulariata, showing variable patterning in black on white or yellow, whose looper larvae attack currant and gooseberry bushes. The paler clouded magpie is A. sylvata
- malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
- mammography — x-ray photography of a breast, especially for detection of tumors.
- maniaphobia — Fear of being insane.
- maple honey — maple syrup.
- massey hope — (language, functional programming) A refinement of Hope+C by Nigel Perry <[email protected]> of Massey University, NZ, with improved syntax.
- match point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the match.
- match up to — If someone or something does not match up to what was expected, they are smaller, less impressive, or of poorer quality.
- megaphoning — Present participle of megaphone.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- mellophones — Plural form of mellophone.
- melpomenish — Tragic; relating to tragedy in a literary or theatrical work.
- memory chip — In a computer, the memory chip is the microchip in which information is stored.
- menaphthone — Menadione.
- mephenytoin — A hydantoin used as an anticonvulsant.
- meromorphic — of or relating to a function that is analytic, except for poles, in a given domain.
- mesomorphic — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).