15-letter words containing r, h, a, p
- hypercritically — In a hypercritical manner.
- hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
- hyperfunctional — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hyperlipidaemia — Alternative spelling of hyperlipidemia.
- hyperlipoidemia — An abnormally high level of lipoids in the blood.
- hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- hypermutability — liable or subject to change or alteration.
- hyperovarianism — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
- hyperparasitism — an organism that is parasitic on or in another parasite.
- hyperpolarizing — Present participle of hyperpolarize.
- hyperpotassemia — hyperkalemia.
- hyperreactivity — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- hypersexualised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualise.
- hypersexualized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypersexualize.
- hyperventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperventilate.
- hyperweak force — a hypothetical force that transforms quarks into leptons and vice versa at high energies.
- hypochlorhydria — (pathology) The presence of an insufficient amount of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
- hypochondriacal — Also, hypochondriacal, H05/H0509000 hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-kuh l, ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə kəl. Psychiatry. pertaining to or suffering from hypochondria, an excessive preoccupation with and worry about one's health: The comedy is aimed at the hypochondriac demographic. produced by hypochondria: Hypochondriac feelings overwhelmed her.
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- hypochondriasis — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- hypodorian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from A to A, with the final on D.
- hypopituitarism — abnormally diminished activity of the pituitary gland, especially of the anterior lobe.
- hypoproteinemia — an abnormally low concentration of protein in the blood.
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- imperial bushel — a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel) and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel) Abbreviation: bu., bush.
- imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- in the ballpark — a tract of land where ball games, especially baseball, are played.
- inapprehensible — That cannot be apprehended; not apprehensible to or graspable by either body or mind.
- inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- interphalangeal — Between phalanges, as with an interphalangeal joint.
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
- jack the ripper — an unidentified murderer who killed at least seven prostitutes in London's East End between August and November 1888
- joseph jacquard — Joseph Marie [zhoh-zef ma-ree] /ʒoʊˈzɛf ma ri/ (Show IPA), 1752–1834, French inventor.
- knapping hammer — a hammer used for breaking and shaping stones
- knife-sharpener — a kitchen implement that is used to sharpen knives
- latter prophets — a subdivision of the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible, comprising those books which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets and which are divided into Major Prophets and Minor Prophets
- learn the ropes — become familiar with sth
- lexicographical — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- low archipelago — a group of French islands in the S Pacific. 332 sq. mi. (860 sq. km).
- lymphogranuloma — any of certain diseases characterized by granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes.
- macrophotograph — a photograph taken at very close range
- malayan camphor — borneol.
- marital therapy — a psychotherapeutic treatment for married couples, who are seen by a therapist both individually and jointly to assist them in resolving various problems related to their marriage.
- mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
- mechanoreceptor — any of the sense organs that respond to vibration, stretching, pressure, or other mechanical stimuli.
- membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones