13-letter words containing t, r, o, p
- ground troops — soldiers positioned on the ground
- group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
- group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
- group therapy — psychotherapy in which a number of patients discuss their problems together, usually under the leadership of a therapist, using shared knowledge and experiences to provide constructive feedback about maladaptive behavior.
- growing point — the undifferentiated end of a root, shoot, or vegetative axis consisting of a single cell or group of cells that divide to form primary meristematic tissue.
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- gyro repeater — a navigational compass, under the control of a gyroscope, that automatically indicates true north.
- hampton roads — a channel in SE Virginia between the mouth of the James River and Chesapeake Bay: battle between the Monitor and the Virginia 1862.
- harry hotspur — the nickname of Sir Henry Percy
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- heart of palm — the stripped terminal bud of a cabbage palm, especially of the genus Euterpe, eaten in salads or as a vegetable.
- heart problem — a defect or disease of the heart
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- heliotropical — heliotropic
- hemiterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C5 skeleton.
- hepatobiliary — Of, pertaining to, or originating in the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder.
- hepatojugular — (medicine) Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.
- hermaphrodite — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- hermaphrodyte — (archaic) alternative spelling of hermaphrodite.
- herod antipas — died after a.d. 39, ruler of Galilee, a.d. 4–39: ordered the execution of John the Baptist and participated in the trial of Jesus.
- herpes zoster — shingles.
- herpetologist — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heterographic — Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
- heteromorphic — Biology. dissimilar in shape, structure, or magnitude.
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heteropolitan — a heterosexual man, typically living in a city, whose attitudes and interests are regarded as masculine but not excessively so
- heteropterous — belonging or pertaining to the Heteroptera, in some classifications a suborder of hemipterous insects comprising the true bugs.
- heterosporous — having more than one kind of spore.
- heterostrophy — the condition of being heterostrophic
- heterotrophic — capable of utilizing only organic materials as a source of food.
- hieroglyphist — a person who studies hieroglyphics; hieroglyphologist.
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- histiophoroid — of or relating to the sailfish
- home computer — a personal computer used in the home.
- horripilation — a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose bumps.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- hot gospeller — a person who preaches in a fervent and vocal way, esp in evangelical churches
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- hydropathical — Alternative form of hydropathic.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hymenopterans — Plural form of hymenopteran.
- hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- hyperdicrotic — having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.