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13-letter words containing c, r, e, o, p, h

  • perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
  • 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.
  • pharmacopoeia — 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.
  • pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
  • pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
  • phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
  • phonoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by sound waves.
  • photoallergic — photosensitive.
  • photocomposer — a machine for setting type photographically.
  • photodetector — photosensor.
  • photoelectric — pertaining to the electronic or other electric effects produced by light.
  • photoelectron — an electron emitted from a system by the photoelectric effect.
  • photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
  • photoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by light.
  • photorecorder — a device for making photographic records.
  • phreatophytic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phreatophyte
  • phycoerythrin — a red protein pigment occurring in red algae.
  • piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
  • picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
  • pocket gopher — any of numerous burrowing rodents of the family Geomyidae, of western and southern North America and Central America, having large, external, fur-lined cheek pouches.
  • poker machine — a fruit machine
  • polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
  • porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • porte-cochere — a covered carriage entrance leading into a courtyard.
  • powder charge — propellant (def 2).
  • prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • preceptorship — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
  • presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
  • prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • prosectorship — the position or responsibility of a prosector
  • protectorship — a person or thing that protects; defender; guardian.
  • protest march — public demonstration
  • protochordate — any of the nonvertebrate chordates, as the tunicates, cephalochordates, and hemichordates.
  • pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
  • psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
  • psychographer — a person who writes a psychograph; a psychological or psychographic biographer.
  • psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
  • psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
  • psychosurgery — treatment of mental disorders by means of brain surgery.
  • psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
  • psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
  • recovery ship — a naval vessel designed to participate in the retrieval of a satellite, instrument package, or spaceship after it has re-entered the atmosphere and landed in the ocean
  • reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
  • reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • reprographics — reprography.
  • rheoreceptors — a receptor of fishes and aquatic amphibians stimulated by water currents.
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