12-letter words containing p, i, t, o, s, r
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- horse pistol — a large pistol formerly carried by horsemen.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hyperostosis — abnormal development of bony tissue.
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hypocoristic — endearing, as a pet name, diminutive, or euphemism.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
- impersonated — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impersonates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impersonate.
- impersonator — a person who pretends to be another.
- implementors — Plural form of implementor.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- importations — Plural form of importation.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- imprisonment — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- improvements — Plural form of improvement.
- improvisator — a person who improvises; improviser.
- incorporates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incorporate.
- inscriptions — Plural form of inscription.
- inspectorate — the office or function of an inspector.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- inspirations — Plural form of inspiration.
- interceptors — Plural form of interceptor.
- interpolates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpolate.
- interspinous — located between spines, esp between the vertebrae
- interspousal — Often, spousals. the ceremony of marriage; nuptials.
- introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
- introspector — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- ionospherist — Someone who studies the ionosphere.
- irish potato — potato (def 1).
- iron pyrites — pyrite; fool's gold.
- isoperimeter — a figure whose perimeter is equal to that of another.
- isoperimetry — the study of isoperimeters.
- katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
- laparotomies — Plural form of laparotomy.
- life support — equipment to sustain a patient's life
- life-support — of or relating to equipment or measures that sustain or artificially substitute for essential body functions, as breathing or disposal of body wastes: Without life-support equipment, the patient might die.
- lipoproteins — Plural form of lipoprotein.
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
- low-spirited — depressed; dejected: He is feeling rather low-spirited today.
- madreporites — Plural form of madreporite.