12-letter words containing o, p, i, s, t
- hit the spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
- hiv positive — (of a person) diagnosed by a test as being infected with HIV.
- hiv-positive — (of a person) diagnosed by a test as being infected with HIV.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- 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
- homeopathist — a person who practices or favors homeopathy.
- horse pistol — a large pistol formerly carried by horsemen.
- hospital bed — a bed having side rails that can be raised or lowered and a mattress base in three jointed sections so that the head, foot, or middle may be raised by a crank or motor, allowing a patient to lie in various positions, as a therapeutic aid or for comfort.
- hospitalised — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalists — Plural form of hospitalist.
- hospitalized — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hospitalize.
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hyperostosis — abnormal development of bony tissue.
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypocoristic — endearing, as a pet name, diminutive, or euphemism.
- hypoesthesia — an abnormally weak sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypostasised — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
- hypostatised — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- hyposulphite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- hypothesis's — a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
- hypothesised — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesises — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothesize.
- hypothesizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypothesize.
- iconophilist — a person with a taste for pictures and symbols
- impassionate — filled with passion; impassioned.
- imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
- 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.
- implications — something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
- impoliteness — not polite or courteous; discourteous; rude: an impolite reply.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- importations — Plural form of importation.
- impositional — Of or relating to imposition; intrusive.
- impost block — dosseret.
- impoundments — Plural form of impoundment.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- imprisonment — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- improvements — Plural form of improvement.