11-letter words containing d, a, p, h
- paedotrophy — the art of raising children
- panhandling — to accost passers-by on the street and beg from them.
- paraldehyde — a colorless, liquid, cyclic compound, C 6 H 1 2 O 3 , having a disagreeable taste but an agreeable odor, produced by the polymerization of acetaldehyde with sulfuric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of organic chemicals and in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic.
- parathyroid — situated near the thyroid gland.
- paratyphoid — Also called paratyphoid fever. an infectious disease, similar in some of its symptoms to typhoid fever but usually milder, caused by any of several bacilli of the genus Salmonella other than S. typhi.
- parchedness — the state or characteristic of being parched
- pas de chat — a jump of one foot over the other.
- pathfinding — a person who finds or makes a path, way, route, etc., especially through a previously unexplored or untraveled wilderness.
- pear-shaped — having the shape of a pear; tapering near the top and bulging toward the base or bottom: a pear-shaped vase.
- pebble dash — an exterior wall finish composed of mortar against which, while still wet, small pebbles have been thrown and pressed in.
- pedagoguish — resembling or reminiscent of a pedagogue
- pedophiliac — pedophile.
- peng dehuai — 1898–1974, Chinese Communist military leader: defense minister 1954–59.
- pentahedron — a solid figure having five faces.
- pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
- phagedaenic — relating to or having the characteristics of phagedaena
- phase speed — the speed at which the phase of a wave is propagated, the product of the frequency times the wavelength. This is the quantity that is determined by methods using interference. In a dispersive medium it differs from the group speed
- philanderer — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- phosphatide — phospholipid.
- photostated — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- phylloclade — a flattened stem or branch having the function of a leaf.
- phytic acid — a white to pale-yellow, water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 1 8 O 2 4 P 6 , found in cereal grains: used chiefly to chelate heavy metals during the manufacture of animal fats and vegetable oils and as a water-softening agent.
- pitch-faced — (of a stone) having all arrises in the same plane and the faces roughly dressed with a pick.
- placeholder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
- pneumathode — a band or pore of aerating tissue, esp along the stipes of ferns
- poached egg — A poached egg is an egg cooked gently in boiling water, without its shell.
- pointy-head — stupid; idiotic.
- poppet head — the framework above a mining shaft that supports the winding mechanism
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- power ahead — If an economy or company powers ahead, it becomes stronger and more successful.
- prajadhipok — 1893–1941, king of Siam 1925–35.
- pre-holiday — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- preheadache — occurring before a headache
- prothalloid — resembling a prothallus
- prudhoe bay — an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.
- pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
- psychedelia — the realm or artifacts of psychedelic drugs, art, writings, or the like.
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- pumpkinhead — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- purehearted — (of a person) without malice, treachery, or evil intent; honest; sincere; guileless.
- push around — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- quadraphony — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- radiography — the production of radiographs.
- radiophonic — a radiotelephone.
- ralph izard — Ralph, 1742–1804, U.S. diplomat and politician.