13-letter words containing p, e, h, s
- hassenpfeffer — a stew of marinated rabbit meat garnished usually with sour cream.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- hedge sparrow — the dunnock.
- helispherical — spiral
- hematophagous — feeding on blood, as the vampire bat.
- hematopoiesis — the formation of blood.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- hemiparasitic — Semiparasitic.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- hepatectomies — Plural form of hepatectomy.
- heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
- heptasyllabic — having seven syllables
- heptasyllable — a word or line of verse of seven syllables.
- heresiography — a treatise on heresy.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- herpes zoster — shingles.
- herpesviruses — Plural form of herpesvirus.
- herpetologist — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heteropterous — belonging or pertaining to the Heteroptera, in some classifications a suborder of hemipterous insects comprising the true bugs.
- heterosporous — having more than one kind of spore.
- heterostrophy — the condition of being heterostrophic
- 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.
- hieroglyphist — a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
- high pressure — intense or stressful situation
- high-pressure — having or involving a pressure above the normal: high-pressure steam.
- high-spending — spending more than is necessary or appropriate
- high-spirited — characterized by energetic enthusiasm, elation, vivacity, etc.
- high-stepping — seeking unrestrained pleasure, as by frequenting night clubs, parties, etc.; leading a wild and fast life: a high-stepping young crowd.
- 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.
- home shopping — buying items via tv or internet
- homeomorphism — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeomorphous — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeownership — a person who owns a home.
- honeycreepers — Plural form of honeycreeper.
- horsewhipping — Present participle of horsewhip.
- 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.
- hot gospeller — a person who preaches in a fervent and vocal way, esp in evangelical churches
- hot-swappable — (of devices, disks, etc) capable of being inserted or removed from a computer system that is running, without causing damage or affecting performance
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- house slipper — a slipper worn in the house or indoors, often distinguished from a bedroom slipper by having a back and heel.
- house sparrow — a small, hardy, buffy-brown and gray bird, Passer domesticus, of Europe, introduced into America, Australia, etc.