12-letter words containing s, i, r, p
- house spider — any largish dark spider of the genus Tegenaria that is common in houses, such as the cardinal spider
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- 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.
- 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.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperrealism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hyperspatial — Pertaining to hyperspace.
- hypersthenia — abnormal strength or tension
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hypertensive — characterized by or causing high blood pressure.
- hypocoristic — endearing, as a pet name, diminutive, or euphemism.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypohidrosis — abnormally diminished sweating.
- hypsochromic — (physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a higher frequency.
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- iceland spar — a transparent variety of calcite that is double-refracting and is used as a polarizer.
- il penseroso — a poem (1632) by John Milton.
- imparadising — Present participle of imparadise.
- impartialist — Someone who is or pretends to be impartial.
- imperforates — Plural form of imperforate.
- imperialised — Simple past tense and past participle of imperialise.
- imperialists — Plural form of imperialist.
- imperishable — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- imperishably — In an imperishable manner.
- impersistent — not persistent
- impersonally — In an impersonal manner.
- 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.
- imperviously — In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
- implementers — Plural form of implementer.
- implementors — Plural form of implementor.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.