12-letter words containing s, h, e, p, o
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- enophthalmos — The posterior displacement of the eyeball within the orbit due to changes in the volume of the orbit (bone) relative to its contents (the eyeball and orbital fat), or loss of function of the orbitalis muscle.
- enthesopathy — (pathology) A disorder of entheses (bone attachments).
- eosinophilia — An increase in the number of eosinophils in the blood, occurring in response to some allergens, drugs, and parasites, and in some types of leukemia.
- eosinophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained by eosin.
- epanorthosis — (rhetoric) A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm.
- epimorphosis — a type of development in animals, such as certain insect larvae, in which segmentation of the body is complete before hatching
- epitheliomas — Plural form of epithelioma.
- esophagotomy — (surgery) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus for the purpose of removing an obstruction.
- ethnopoetics — A poetical, linguistic and anthropological movement dealing with poetry written by, or in the style of, indigenous peoples.
- euphoniously — In a euphonious manner.
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- ex hypothesi — in accordance with or following from the hypothesis stated
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- exophthalmos — Abnormal protrusion of the eyeball or eyeballs.
- exophthalmus — Alt form exophthalmos.
- export house — a company that does not manufacture goods but is instead concerned solely with the financing or handling of their export
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- feldspathose — (mineralogy) Containing feldspar.
- fellowshiped — Simple past tense and past participle of fellowship.
- fisherpeople — Plural form of fisherperson.
- fisherperson — A fisherman or fisherwoman.
- fishing pole — a long, slender rod of wood or other material with a line and hook fastened to one end for use in catching fish.
- flash powder — powder that could be ignited to provide a bright light to take a photograph
- followership — the ability or willingness to follow a leader.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- fosphenytoin — a prodrug that produces phenytoin and is taken to prevent or treat seizures.
- francophones — Plural form of francophone.
- gametophores — Plural form of gametophore.
- gametophytes — Plural form of gametophyte.
- general shop — a shop that sells various types of goods
- geophysicist — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- gospel choir — a choir performing gospel music
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- governorship — the duties, term in office, etc., of a governor.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- grasshoppers — Plural form of grasshopper.
- hall process — a process in which aluminum is refined by electrolytic reduction of alumina fused with cryolite.
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- harper woods — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- heartstopper — something so frightening or emotionally gripping as to make one's heart seem to stop beating: We didn't crash, but it was a heartstopper.
- heckelphones — Plural form of heckelphone.
- hedge hyssop — any plant of the genus Gratiola, a bitter herb used medicinally.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliophilous — attracted to sunlight
- heliospheric — Of or pertaining to the heliosphere.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- hellespontus — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.