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15-letter words containing c, h, i, p, s, l

  • lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
  • loose chippings — pieces of gravel spread on the top of tarmac that fail to stick to it
  • lzh compression — (algorithm)   (After Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu, the inventors) A compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a sliding window and additional compression applied to the output of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding.
  • microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
  • microphysically — in a microphysical manner
  • micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
  • microsporophyll — a leaflike organ bearing microsporangia.
  • nephrosclerosis — (pathology) arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries.
  • nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
  • ophthalmoscopic — Of, pertaining to or using an ophthalmoscope.
  • paleogeophysics — (used with a plural verb) inferred geophysical conditions or processes of designated periods of the geologic past.
  • peroxysulphuric — as in peroxysulphuric acid
  • phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • philosophically — of or relating to philosophy: philosophical studies.
  • phlebosclerosis — sclerosis, or hardening, of the walls of veins.
  • phloem necrosis — a disease of the American elm caused by a mycoplasmalike organism, characterized by yellowing and necrosis of the foliage and yellowish-brown discoloration of the phloem.
  • photoelasticity — the phenomenon of double refraction of polarized light by a transparent substance under elastic stress, used to measure strain in elastic, transparent materials.
  • physical change — a usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance, as size or shape: Freezing a liquid is a physical change.
  • physical memory — (memory management)   The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
  • physical optics — the branch of optics concerned with the wave properties of light, the superposition of waves, the deviation of light from its rectilinear propagation in a manner other than that considered by geometrical optics, the interaction of light with matter, and the quantum, corpuscular aspects of light.
  • physicalization — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
  • physicochemical — physical and chemical: the physicochemical properties of an isomer.
  • physiologically — of or relating to physiology.
  • pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
  • pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
  • pixels per inch — (unit, graphics)   (ppi) The unit used to measure resolution of a bitmap display or video input device.
  • plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
  • polish corridor — a strip of land near the mouth of the Vistula River: formerly separated Germany from East Prussia; given to Poland in the Treaty of Versailles 1919 to provide it with access to the Baltic.
  • pseudo-chemical — of, used in, produced by, or concerned with chemistry or chemicals: a chemical formula; chemical agents.
  • psychedelically — of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair.
  • psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
  • psychiatrically — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
  • psychobiologist — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
  • psychographical — relating to psychographics
  • psychologically — of or relating to psychology.
  • psychosociology — the study of subjects, issues, and problems common to psychology and sociology.
  • pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
  • quasi-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
  • saprophytically — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
  • schlieffen plan — a plan intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries, devised by Alfred, Count von Schlieffen (1833–1913) in 1905
  • self-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • ship's articles — a type of contract by which sailors agree to the conditions, payment, etc, for the ship in which they are going to work
  • shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
  • sophisticatedly — (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
  • spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
  • spherical angle — an angle formed by arcs of great circles of a sphere.
  • sulphurous acid — an unstable acid produced when sulphur dioxide dissolves in water: used as a preservative for food and a bleaching agent. Formula: H2SO3
  • sycophantically — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sympathetically — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
  • thalassographic — relating to thalassography
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