12-letter words containing p, h, y, s
- hypocycloids — Plural form of hypocycloid.
- hypoesthesia — an abnormally weak sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- hypohidrosis — abnormally diminished sweating.
- hypophonesis — a sound of less than usual intensity in percussion or auscultation.
- hypophyllous — growing on the undersurface of leaves, as a fungus.
- hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
- 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
- hyposulphite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- hypothalamus — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- hypothesis's — a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
- hypothesised — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesises — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothesize.
- hypothesizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypothesize.
- hypsochromic — (physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a higher frequency.
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- hysteroscopy — (medicine) The examination of the uterus using a hysteroscope.
- imperishably — In an imperishable manner.
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- intrapsychic — Within the psyche or mind.
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
- liberty ship — a slow cargo ship built in large numbers for the U.S. merchant marine during World War II and having a capacity of about 11,000 deadweight tons.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- lymph system — Anatomy, Zoology. the system by which lymph is returned from the cells to the blood and by which white blood cells are produced in response to inflammation or presence of antigens; in mammals, the system includes the lymph glands, vessels and sinuses through which lymph is carried, and lymphoid tissues, as bone marrow and the thymus.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
- macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
- massotherapy — treatment by massage.
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metapsychics — the study of psychic phenomena beyond the limits of ordinary or orthodox psychology
- microphysics — the branch of physics dealing with physical objects that are not large enough to be observed and treated directly, as elementary particles, atoms, and molecules.
- monophyllous — consisting of one leaf, as a calyx.
- monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.
- monophysitic — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
- mythopoiesis — (mythology) the creation of myth.
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- nephanalysis — a map or chart showing the distribution of types and amounts of clouds and precipitation at a given time.
- nonphysician — a person who is not a physician
- nonpsychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- northern spy — an American variety of red-striped apple that ripens in autumn or early winter.
- omphaloscopy — Introversion.