12-letter words containing t, h, i, o
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypomotility — abnormally slow motility, as of the stomach or intestine (opposed to hypermotility).
- hypomyotonia — abnormally diminished muscular tone.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hypostasised — to assume the reality of (an idea, proposition, etc.); hypostatize.
- hypostatised — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- hyposulphite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- hypothalamic — Of or pertaining to the hypothalamus.
- hypothesis's — a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
- hypothesised — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesises — to form a hypothesis.
- hypothesized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothesize.
- hypothesizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hypothesize.
- hypothetical — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- hypotonicity — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
- hypotrochoid — a geometric curve or pattern formed by following a fixed point on the radial line of a small circle moving around the circumference of a larger circle
- hypoxanthine — a white, crystalline, almost water-soluble, alkaloidal purine derivative, C 5 H 4 N 4 O, found in animal and vegetable tissues: used chiefly in biochemical research.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- ichthyocolla — a fish glue or gelatine used as food or medicine
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- ichthyolatry — The worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.
- ichthyophagy — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- iconomachist — a person who campaigns against the use of icons in religious worship
- iconophilist — a person with a taste for pictures and symbols
- idiopathical — Alternative form of idiopathic.
- idiorhythmic — (of an institution) allowing each member to regulate his or her own life
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- immethodical — not methodical; without method or system.
- in hot water — If you are in hot water, you are in trouble.
- in mothballs — a small ball of naphthalene or sometimes of camphor for placing in closets or other storage areas to repel moths from clothing, blankets, etc.
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- in the money — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- in the round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- in the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- inchoateness — The quality of being inchoate.
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- incoherently — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
- indo-hittite — a language family in which Proto-Anatolian and Proto-Indo-European are considered coordinate. Compare Hittite (def 2).
- indomethacin — a substance, C 19 H 16 ClNO 4 , with anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic properties: used in the treatment of certain kinds of arthritis and gout.
- indricothere — a long-necked, long-legged, fossil mammal, Indricotherium transouralicum, related to the rhinoceros and existing 10 to 30 million years ago, possibly the largest and heaviest land mammal.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- inhabitation — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- inhalational — (of an anesthetic) Administered as a gas or vapour that is inhaled.