15-letter words containing a, p, r, e, h, n
- phenyl valerate — a colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 1 1 H 1 4 O 2 , used chiefly in flavoring and perfumery.
- phenylhydrazine — a yellow, poisonous liquid or low-melting solid, C 6 H 8 N 2 , used in chemical analysis and organic synthesis.
- phenylketonuria — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
- phosphocreatine — a compound, C 4 H 1 0 O 5 N 3 P, found chiefly in muscle, formed by the enzymatic interaction of an organic phosphate and creatine, the breakdown of which provides energy for muscle contraction.
- phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
- phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
- pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
- pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
- pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
- plant-hire firm — a company that hires out mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
- planter's punch — a punch made with rum, lime juice, sugar, and water or soda.
- pneumatotherapy — the use of compressed or rarefied air in treating disease.
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- prairie chicken — either of two North American gallinaceous birds of western prairies, Tympanuchus cupido (greater prairie chicken) or T. pallidicinctus (lesser prairie chicken) having rufous, brown, black, and white plumage.
- pre-elizabethan — (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.
- prince charming — (sometimes lowercase) a man who embodies a woman's romantic ideal.
- private hearing — a formal or official trial that is not open to the public
- probationership — the position of a probationer
- process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
- propionaldehyde — a colorless, water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 6 O, having a pungent odor: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics.
- proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
- radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
- radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- reaping machine — any of various machines for reaping grain, often fitted with a device for automatically throwing out bundles of the cut grain.
- rheinland-pfalz — German name of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- rhombencephalon — the hindbrain.
- roentgenography — roentgenogram.
- schopenhauerian — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
- semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
- share ownership — the owning of shares in a company
- shark repellent — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
- southern paiute — See under Paiute (def 2).
- spanish america — the Spanish-speaking countries south of the U.S.: Mexico, Central America (with the exception of Belize), South America (with the exceptions of Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, and Suriname), and most of the West Indies.
- spanish trefoil — alfalfa.
- speech training — training designed to improve spoken skills, such as voice projection
- spherical angle — an angle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.
- spheroidization — the conversion of grains into spheroids
- splanchnopleure — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
- sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
- stretch a point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
- sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
- telegraph plant — a tick trefoil, Desmodium motorium, of the legume family, native to tropical Asia, noted for the spontaneous, jerking, signallike motions of its leaflets.