14-letter words containing a, p, r, e, h, n
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- para-synthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- paraphernalias — (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
- parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- park chung hee — 1917–79, South Korean politician: president 1963–79 (assassinated).
- 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
- paschen series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
- passenger ship — a ship carrying passengers
- patent leather — a hard, glossy, smooth leather, used especially in shoes and accessories.
- penny-farthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- 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.
- perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
- permanent echo — a radar signal reflected to a radar station on the ground by a building or other fixed object.
- personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- pharmacopoeian — an individual who has expert knowledge of a pharmacopoeia
- phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
- phenobarbitone — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- phenosafranine — safranine (def 2).
- 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.
- photoengraving — a photographic process of preparing printing plates for letterpress printing.
- pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
- pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
- pinking shears — shears that have notched blades, for cutting and simultaneously pinking fabric or for finishing garments with a notched, nonfraying edge.
- pithecanthrope — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Pithecanthropus.
- plenum-chamber — a system of mechanical ventilation in which fresh air is forced into the spaces to be ventilated from a chamber (plenum chamber) at a pressure slightly higher than atmospheric pressure, so as to expel foul air.
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polar zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it at one of the poles
- preanaesthetic — a drug administered prior to an anaesthetic
- pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
- pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
- project athena — (project) A distributed system project for support of educational and research computing at MIT. Much of the software developed is now in wider use, especially the X Window System.
- prosencephalon — the forebrain.
- pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
- punch operator — a person who enters data into cards by means of punching holes
- purse snatcher — wallet thief
- put the arm on — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- rhinencephalon — the part of the cerebrum containing the olfactory structures.
- riemann sphere — a sphere used for a stereographic projection.
- roentgenograph — roentgenogram.
- rogue elephant — a vicious elephant that has been exiled from the herd.
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- röntgenography — radiography