12-letter words containing p, i, s
- hispaniolize — to make someone Spanish in their cultural attitudes, values, speech, etc
- hispanophile — an admirer of Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- hispanophobe — a person who dislikes Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- 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.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- 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.
- homo sapiens — (italics) the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong, characterized by a brain capacity averaging 1400 cc (85 cubic in.) and by dependence upon language and the creation and utilization of complex tools.
- homomorphism — Biology. correspondence in form or external appearance but not in type of structure or origin.
- hopkinsville — a city in S Kentucky.
- horse pistol — a large pistol formerly carried by horsemen.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- horsewhipped — Simple past tense and past participle of horsewhip.
- 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.
- house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
- house spider — any largish dark spider of the genus Tegenaria that is common in houses, such as the cardinal spider
- housekeeping — the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- huntsmanship — The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
- hush puppies — a kind of shoe with soft leather or suede uppers
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hygrophilous — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- hylomorphism — the theory that every physical object is composed of two principles, an unchanging prime matter and a form deprived of actuality with every substantial change of the object.
- 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.
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hypercritics — a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
- hypergenesis — an origin, creation, or beginning.
- hyperidrosis — excessive or abnormal sweating
- hyperintense — existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
- hyperkinesia — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hyperkinesis — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hyperostosis — abnormal development of bony tissue.