12-letter words containing o, p, h, r, i
- 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.
- hierographer — a writer of hierographs
- hierographic — of or relating to hierographs
- hierophanies — Plural form of hierophany.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- high profile — a deliberately conspicuous manner of living or operating.
- high-powered — extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable: high-powered executives.
- high-profile — prominent publicly
- high-protein — (of a food) rich in proteins
- hippo regius — a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
- hippodroming — (baseball) present participle of hippodrome; Staging games to suit gamblers, especially baseball.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- his-lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- 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
- homeomorphic — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homomorphism — Biology. correspondence in form or external appearance but not in type of structure or origin.
- horned viper — a highly venomous viper, Cerastes cerastes, of northern Africa and extreme southwestern Asia, having a process resembling a horn just above each eye.
- horse pistol — a large pistol formerly carried by horsemen.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
- house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
- house spider — any largish dark spider of the genus Tegenaria that is common in houses, such as the cardinal spider
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hydrographic — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydromorphic — of or relating to soil having characteristics that are developed when there is excess water all or part of the time.
- 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.
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hygrographic — of or relating to a hygrograph
- 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.
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperbolize.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hyperchaotic — Of or pertaining to hyperchaos.
- hyperchromic — (physics, chemistry) Describing an increase in the intensity of a spectral band due to a change in the molecular environment.
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hyperflexion — Anatomy. the act of bending a limb. the position that a limb assumes when it is bent.
- hyperidrosis — excessive or abnormal sweating
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.