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11-letter words containing t, h, e, o, p

  • erotophobia — an abnormal fear of sexuality
  • erythropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear red
  • esophagitis — Inflammation of the esophagus.
  • ethnography — The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
  • exophthalmy — Archaic form of exophthalmia.
  • focal depth — lens: distance of sharp focus
  • gametophore — a part or structure bearing gametangia.
  • gametophyte — the sexual form of a plant in the alternation of generations.
  • gap-toothed — having a noticeable space between two teeth.
  • geostrophic — of or relating to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.
  • gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
  • glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
  • gnetophytes — Plural form of gnetophyte.
  • gomphothere — Any of the extinct proboscideans of the family Gomphotheriidae, that lived in North America and Eurasia during the Miocene and Pliocene (12\u20141.6 million years ago), and latterly also in South America (around 3 million to 9100 years ago).
  • gospel oath — an oath sworn on the Gospels
  • gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
  • haemoptysis — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hemoptysis.
  • hall porter — concierge
  • hectopascal — An SI unit of pressure and stress equal to 100 pascals.
  • helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
  • heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
  • heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
  • heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
  • heliotropin — piperonal.
  • hell to pay — serious consequences, as of a foolish action
  • hematophagy — The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.
  • hematophyte — a microorganism, as a bacterium, that lives in the blood.
  • hemeprotein — (protein) Any conjugated protein containing heme as the prosthetic group.
  • hemianoptic — suffering from hemiopia, blind in half the field of vision
  • hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
  • hemopoietic — hematopoiesis.
  • hemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemeprotein.
  • hemotherapy — therapy by means of blood, serum, or plasma transfusion.
  • hemotrophic — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
  • hepatectomy — excision of part of the liver.
  • hepatocytes — Plural form of hepatocyte.
  • hepatoscopy — medical examination of the liver.
  • hepatotoxic — Damaging or destructive to liver cells.
  • hepatotoxin — Any substance that causes hepatotoxicity.
  • heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
  • heptahedron — a solid figure having seven faces.
  • heptamerous — consisting of or divided into seven parts.
  • heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
  • heptathlons — Plural form of heptathlon.
  • herpetology — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
  • heterocarpy — the production of more than one kind of fruit in one plant.
  • heteromorph — (zoology) An ammonite whose shell is unusual in not being a regular spiral.
  • heterophemy — The use of one word or phrase when another is meant.
  • heterophile — Able to react immunologically with material from another species.
  • heterophobe — Someone who suffers from heterophobia.
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