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12-letter words containing o, p, h, r, i, t

  • high-protein — (of a food) rich in proteins
  • hippocentaur — Centaur.
  • histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
  • holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
  • holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
  • horse pistol — a large pistol formerly carried by horsemen.
  • housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
  • hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
  • hydrophilite — a white mineral consisting of potassium and calcium
  • hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
  • hyperchaotic — Of or pertaining to hyperchaos.
  • hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
  • hyperostosis — abnormal development of bony tissue.
  • hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
  • hyperthyroid — of, relating to, or having hyperthyroidism.
  • hypertrophic — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
  • hypochlorite — a salt or ester of hypochlorous acid.
  • hypocoristic — endearing, as a pet name, diminutive, or euphemism.
  • hypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
  • hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
  • hypotrochoid — a geometric curve or pattern formed by following a fixed point on the radial line of a small circle moving around the circumference of a larger circle
  • ionospherist — Someone who studies the ionosphere.
  • iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
  • irish potato — potato (def 1).
  • katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
  • kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
  • lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
  • lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
  • lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
  • lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
  • lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
  • lithotripter — a device used for fragmenting kidney stones with ultrasound waves.
  • lithotriptic — causing the destruction of bladder stones
  • luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
  • lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
  • mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
  • mediatorship — the position of a mediator
  • metamorphism — Geology. a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline.
  • metamorphist — a member of a group of 16th century Christians who believed that the humanly body of Jesus Christ metamorphosed into God during the Ascension
  • metamorphize — (transitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
  • metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
  • misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
  • monostrophic — consisting of stanzas or strophes all having the same metrical structure.
  • monotriglyph — (in the Doric order) any intercolumniation having one whole triglyph.
  • morphologist — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
  • morphotropic — of, pertaining to, or displaying morphotropy
  • mothproofing — Present participle of mothproof.
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