11-letter words containing s, p, e
- herpesvirus — a DNA-containing virus of the family Herpesviridae, certain members of which cause such diseases in humans as oral and genital herpes, infectious mononucleosis, chickenpox, and shingles.
- hertzsprung — Ejnar (ˈəɪnar). 1873–1967, Danish astronomer: he discovered the existence of giant and dwarf stars, originating one form of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
- hesperidium — the fruit of a citrus plant, as an orange.
- hesperornis — a toothed aquatic bird of the extinct genus Hesperornis, fossils of which are found in rocks of Cretaceous age in Kansas, having the rear legs modified for swimming and reaching a length of more than 4 feet (1.2 meters).
- heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
- heteroptics — incorrect or perverted perception of what is seen; hallucinatory vision.
- heterospory — the production of both microspores and megaspores.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- hierophants — Plural form of hierophant.
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- high priest — a chief priest.
- hip huggers — trousers that begin at the hips instead of the waist
- hip-huggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hip-shooter — a person who acts or talks in a rash, impetuous way
- hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
- hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- hippodromes — Plural form of hippodrome.
- hipsterisms — a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- hispanicize — to make Spanish or Latin American, as in character, custom, or style.
- hodgepodges — Plural form of hodgepodge.
- holophrases — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
- homeoplasia — the formation, as in healing, of new tissue that is similar to the existing tissue.
- homophylies — Plural form of homophyly.
- homopterans — Plural form of homopteran.
- homopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Homoptera, an order of insects closely related to the hemipterous insects (in some classifications a suborder of Hemiptera) but having membranous forewings and hind wings, including the aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, and scale insects.
- hopefulness — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
- hoppergrass — grasshopper (def 1).
- hopscotched — Simple past tense and past participle of hopscotch.
- horn-spread — (of a horned creature) the distance between the outermost tips of the horns.
- horse opera — a television or radio program or motion picture about the Wild West, often presented serially and usually dealing with adventures of cowboys, gunmen, gold prospectors, etc. Compare Western (def 8).
- horse-coper — coper.
- horseplayer — a habitual bettor on horse races.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- house group — a group of Christians who regularly meet to worship, study the Bible, etc, in someone's house
- house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
- house place — (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- house-proud — taking pride in one's house and housekeeping.
- housekeeper — a person, often hired, who does or directs the domestic work and planning necessary for a home, as cleaning or buying food.
- houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
- houseperson — someone who manages a household; househusband or housewife.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- hpcode-plus — A descendant of HPcode with data types, developed to be an ANDF language.
- http server — (web) (Or "web server") A server process running at a website which sends out web pages in response to HTTP requests from remote browsers. If one site runs more than one server they must use different port numbers. Alternatively, several hostnames may be mapped to the same computer in which case they are known as "virtual servers".
- hydrophones — Plural form of hydrophone.
- hydrophytes — Plural form of hydrophyte.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- hydroscopes — Plural form of hydroscope.