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13-letter words containing a, t, r, o, p, h

  • on the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
  • on the parish — receiving parochial relief
  • openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
  • opisthobranch — any gastropod mollusk of the order Opisthobranchia, as the sea slugs, sea butterflies, and sea hares, characterized by a vestigial or absent mantle and shell and two pairs of tentacles.
  • opisthography — the practice of writing on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
  • oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
  • orchestra pit — musicians' seating in front of stage
  • orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
  • organotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.
  • ornithophobia — Fear of birds.
  • orthocephalic — having a medium or intermediate relation between the height of the skull and the breadth or length.
  • orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
  • orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
  • orthographize — to spell correctly or according to the rules of orthography.
  • orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
  • orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
  • ostreophagous — oyster-eating
  • painted horse — paint (def 6).
  • parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
  • parental home — a school for problem children.
  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
  • parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
  • parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.
  • parthian shot — a sharp, telling remark, act, gesture, etc., made in departing.
  • pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
  • past historic — the simple past
  • patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
  • pathomorphism — abnormal morphology.
  • perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
  • petrochemical — a chemical substance obtained from petroleum or natural gas, as gasoline, kerosene, or petrolatum.
  • petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
  • pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
  • phenobarbital — 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.
  • philanthropic — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
  • phonautograph — a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
  • phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
  • photo gallery — display of collected photographs
  • photo-sharing — the publishing of digital photographs on the internet
  • photoallergic — photosensitive.
  • photographing — a picture produced by photography.
  • photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
  • phototelegram — a telegram that is sent by means of phototelegraphy
  • phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
  • phreatophytic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phreatophyte
  • physiotherapy — physical therapy.
  • phytoplankter — a minute organism which constitutes part of phytoplankton
  • phytosanitary — of or relating to the health of plants
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