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14-letter words containing a, p, h, e, l, i

  • legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
  • leu enkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
  • lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • licentiateship — a person who has received a license, as from a university, to practice an art or profession.
  • lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
  • lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
  • machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
  • malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
  • megalocephalic — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
  • mesaticephalic — (anatomy) Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth.
  • met enkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
  • metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • metaphysically — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • microaerophile — An organism, especially an aerobic bacterium, that lives and thrives in environments low in oxygen.
  • microcephalous — Microcephalic.
  • microspherical — relating to or designating a microsphere
  • milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
  • non perishable — not subject to rapid deterioration or decay: A supply of nonperishable food was kept for emergencies.
  • omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
  • omphaloskepsis — contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.
  • omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
  • otaheite apple — a Society Islands tree, Spondias cytherea, of the cashew family, having whitish flowers and yellow, edible, plumlike fruit.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
  • paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
  • pamphleteering — the occupation of a pamphleteer
  • panel lighting — lighting of a room or building by means of flat sheets of material that glow brightly when a coating of a phosphor is excited by an electrical charge.
  • paraphernalias — (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
  • parole hearing — a panel of people who decide whether to free a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour
  • patheticalness — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
  • pavement light — a windowlike structure set in a pavement or the like to illuminate areas beneath, consisting of thick glass blocks set in a metal frame.
  • pentland firth — a strait between N Scotland and the Orkney Islands, linking the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: noted for its rough sea conditions. 14 miles (23 km) long.
  • personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
  • petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • pharmaceutical — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • pharmacopoeial — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
  • phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
  • phenologically — in a phenological manner
  • phenotypically — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
  • phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
  • philanthropize — to treat (persons) in a philanthropic manner.
  • philippine sea — part of the NW Pacific Ocean, east and north of the Philippines
  • philosophaster — a person who has only a superficial knowledge of philosophy or who feigns a knowledge he or she does not possess.
  • photoduplicate — photocopy.
  • photorealistic — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • phraseological — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
  • phthalocyanine — Also called metal-free phthalocyanine. a blue-green pigment, C 3 2 H 1 8 N 8 , derived from phthalic anhydride.
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