12-letter words containing p, e, t, s, h
- hautes-alpes — a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
- health stamp — a postage stamp with a surcharge that is used to support a health camp
- heart-shaped — shaped like a stylized heart with a double rounded top
- heartstopper — something so frightening or emotionally gripping as to make one's heart seem to stop beating: We didn't crash, but it was a heartstopper.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- hellespontus — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- hematocolpos — (medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
- hemiparasite — A plant that obtains or may obtain part of its food by parasitism, e.g., mistletoe, which also photosynthesizes.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterosphere — The upper part of the atmosphere, above about sixty miles, in which there is great variation in its composition.
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- heterotrophs — Biology. an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food.
- high-stepper — seeking unrestrained pleasure, as by frequenting night clubs, parties, etc.; leading a wild and fast life: a high-stepping young crowd.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- hotchpotches — Plural form of hotchpotch.
- hotelkeepers — Plural form of hotelkeeper.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hypaesthesia — an abnormally weak sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch.
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
- hypercritics — a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
- hyperintense — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
- hypermarkets — Plural form of hypermarket.
- hyperostosis — abnormal development of bony tissue.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperspatial — Pertaining to hyperspace.
- hypersthenia — abnormal strength or tension
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hypertensive — characterized by or causing high blood pressure.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypoesthesia — an abnormally weak sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch.
- 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.
- hyposulphate — a salt derived from hyposulphuric acid