13-letter words containing p, c, e
- helper t-cell — a type of T cell that helps coordinate the immune response, especially by activating B cells: the AIDS virus targets and destroys these T cells
- hematopoietic — the formation of blood.
- hemiparasitic — Semiparasitic.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- hemolymphatic — a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph.
- hepatectomies — Plural form of hepatectomy.
- heptadecanoic — as in heptadecanoic acid, a saturated fatty acid, aka margaric acid
- heptasyllabic — having seven syllables
- herb patience — a European plant, Rumex patientia, of the buckwheat family, naturalized in North America, having long, wavy-margined, basal leaves used for salads.
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heterographic — Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
- heteromorphic — Biology. dissimilar in shape, structure, or magnitude.
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterotrophic — capable of utilizing only organic materials as a source of food.
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- hieroglyphics — 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.
- hilbert space — a complete infinite-dimensional vector space on which an inner product is defined.
- hire purchase — buying sth by instalments
- hire-purchase — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
- hockey player — sportsperson: plays hockey
- home computer — a personal computer used in the home.
- homopolymeric — relating to or made of homopolymers
- honey creeper — any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America.
- honeycreepers — Plural form of honeycreeper.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- hospital case — a patient that is being, or needs to be, treated in a hospital
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- host-specific — capable of living solely on or in one species of host, as a parasite that infests only chickens.
- humped cattle — any of several breeds of domestic cattle developed from the Indian species Bos indicus and characterized by a hump of fat and muscle over the shoulders.
- hunt and peck — a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.
- hunt-and-peck — a method of typing while looking at the keyboard, usually using only the forefingers to press the keys
- hydrocephalic — of or relating to hydrocephalus.
- hydrocephalus — 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.
- hyperactivate — (biology) To cause or undergo hyperactivation.
- hyperactively — In a hyperactive manner.
- hyperactivity — the condition of being hyperactive.
- hypercalcemia — an abnormally large amount of calcium in the blood.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypercinnabar — (mineral) A form of cinnabar that forms hexagonal crystals.
- hypercritical — excessively or meticulously critical; overcritical.
- hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- hyperdactylia — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hyperdicrotic — having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
- hyperesthetic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hyperesthesia.
- hypereutectic — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hypergalactia — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hyperglycemia — an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood.
- hyperglycemic — an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood.
- hypermagnetic — (physics) Extremely magnetic.