12-letter words containing p, a, y
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hepatoxicity — Toxicity that affects the liver.
- heptahydrate — a hydrate that contains seven molecules of water, as magnesium sulfate, MgSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heterography — spelling different from that in current use.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- hit pay dirt — to discover a source of wealth, success, etc.
- holiday camp — In Britain, a holiday camp is a place which provides holiday accommodation and entertainment for large numbers of people.
- homeotherapy — therapy for a disease by means of an agent that is similar to but not identical with the causative agent of the disease.
- horseplayers — Plural form of horseplayer.
- huayna capac — c1450–1527? Inca ruler of Peru 1493?–1527? (father of Atahualpa and Huascar).
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hydrocephaly — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrographer — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydrographic — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hydrotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the curative use of water.
- hygrographic — of or relating to a hygrograph
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hymenopteran — hymenopterous.
- hypabyssally — in a hypabyssal manner
- hypaesthesia — an abnormally weak sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch.
- hypapophysis — (anatomy) A process, or other element, of a vertebra developed from the ventral side of the centrum.
- hyper-lethal — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperacidity — excessive acidity, as of the gastric juice.
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hyperarousal — A state of heightened psychological and physiological tension resulting in reduced pain tolerance, anxiety, excessive response to sensory stimulation, insomnia, and fatigue.
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperchaotic — Of or pertaining to hyperchaos.
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
- hyperdactyly — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hypergraphia — (psychiatry) A behavioural condition characterised by an intense desire to write, associated with changes in the temporal lobes due to epilepsy or chemical changes.
- hypergravity — The presence of an apparently 'increased' gravitational field in an accelerating or rotating situation.
- hyperinflate — to subject to hyperinflation: hyperinflated prices.
- hyperkalemia — an abnormally high concentration of potassium in the blood.
- hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hyperkinesia — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hyperlipemia — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- hypermarkets — Plural form of hypermarket.
- hypermediacy — Hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies.