11-letter words containing p, a, e
- gypsy scale — either of two scales that often form the basis of Hungarian Gypsy music.
- hackerspace — A place where hackers meet to work on programming and hardware projects together, and to share their knowledge.
- haemophilia — (pathology) Any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding, usually passed from mother to son.
- haemophilic — Of or pertaining to haemophilia.
- haemophobia — Alternative spelling of hemophobia.
- haemoptysis — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hemoptysis.
- hagioscopes — Plural form of hagioscope.
- half asleep — in or into a state of sleep: He fell asleep quickly.
- half-asleep — in or into a state of sleep: He fell asleep quickly.
- half-duplex — of or relating to the transmission of information in opposite directions but not simultaneously.
- hall porter — concierge
- haloperidol — a major antipsychotic agent, C 21 H 23 ClFNO 2 , used in the management of schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.
- hammer pond — an artificial pond for maintaining a head of water at a water mill.
- hand puppet — a puppet made of a hollow head sewn or glued to material that fits over the hand, concealing the fingers and thumb, which manipulate it.
- hand-picked — to pick by hand.
- handicapped — Sometimes Offensive. physically or mentally disabled.
- handicapper — Horse Racing. a racetrack official or employee who assigns the weight a horse must carry in a race. a person employed, as by a newspaper, to make predictions on the outcomes of horse races.
- handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
- haplessness — The characteristic of being hapless.
- happinesses — the quality or state of being happy.
- happy event — the birth of a child
- hard palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- hardpressed — Subject to difficulty in accomplishing or making progress.
- harem pants — a kind of baggy trousers worn by women, made of lightweight fabric and closefitting at the ankles
- harney peak — a mountain in SW South Dakota: the highest peak in the Black Hills. 7242 feet (2207 meters).
- harpy eagle — a large, powerful eagle, Harpia harpyja, of tropical America: an endangered species.
- harrumphers — Plural form of harrumpher.
- haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
- hate speech — speech that attacks, threatens, or insults a person or group on the basis of national origin, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.
- haute-piece — a standing flange fixed to or formed on a pauldron as a protection for one side of the neck.
- headstripes — Plural form of headstripe.
- health camp — a camp, usually at the seaside, for children requiring health care
- hear a peep — If you say that you don't hear a peep from someone, you mean that they do not say anything or make any noise.
- heartshaped — Alternative form of heart-shaped.
- heat cramps — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.
- heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
- heating pad — a flexible fabric-covered pad containing insulated electrical heating elements for applying heat especially to the body.
- hebephrenia — a type of schizophrenia characterized by emotionless, incongruous, or silly behavior, intellectual deterioration, and hallucinations, frequently beginning insidiously during adolescence.
- hectopascal — An SI unit of pressure and stress equal to 100 pascals.
- hedge apple — osage orange.
- hedgeapples — Plural form of hedgeapple.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- heliophobia — Fear of sunlight.
- hell to pay — serious consequences, as of a foolish action
- hematophagy — The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.
- hematophyte — a microorganism, as a bacterium, that lives in the blood.
- hemeralopia — a condition of the eyes in which sight is normal in the night or in a dim light but is abnormally poor or wholly absent in the day or in a bright light.
- hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.