12-letter words containing p, i, a
- hope diamond — a sapphire-blue Indian diamond, the largest blue diamond in the world, weighing 44.5 carats and supposedly cut from a bigger diamond that was once part of the French crown jewels: now in the Smithsonian Institution.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- hosepipe ban — a ban, due to water shortage, on using hosepipes to water the garden or wash cars
- 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.
- hospitalists — Plural form of hospitalist.
- 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.
- hot swapping — (hardware) The connection and disconnection of peripherals or other components without interrupting system operation. This facility may have design implications for both hardware and software.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- huntsmanship — The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- 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.
- hygrographic — of or relating to a hygrograph
- 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-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.
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperchaotic — Of or pertaining to hyperchaos.
- 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.
- hypermediacy — Hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperpyrexia — an abnormally high fever.
- hyperrealism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hyperreality — The state or condition of being hyperreal.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hyperspatial — Pertaining to hyperspace.
- hypersthenia — abnormal strength or tension
- hyperthermia — Pathology. abnormally high fever.
- hypertypical — excessively typical
- hypervolemia — (medicine) An abnormal increase in the volume of blood circulating through the body.
- hypnotically — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hypnotisable — Alternative spelling of hypnotizable.
- hypnotizable — One who is susceptible to hypnosis.
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- hypocalcemia — an abnormally small amount of calcium in the blood.