13-letter words containing d, p, h, i
- open sandwich — a sandwich served on only one slice of bread, without a covering slice.
- ophidiophobia — Ophiophobia.
- orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
- orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
- paedomorphism — the continuation of juvenile characteristics in the adult stage
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- perching bird — any member of the avian order Passeriformes.
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
- phencyclidine — an anesthetic drug, C 1 7 H 2 5 N, used as an animal tranquilizer: also widely used in several forms as an illicit hallucinogen.
- phenylic acid — phenol (def 1).
- phillips head — a screw head having two partial slots crossed at right angles, driven by a special screwdriver (Phillips screwdriver)
- philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
- phong shading — (graphics) A model of how light is reflected from surfaces used extensively in three dimensional graphics to generate visually realistic images.
- phony disease — a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis.
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- phthalic acid — Chemistry. any of three isomeric acids having the formula C 8 H 6 O 4 , especially the ortho isomer (orthophthalic acid) a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid used chiefly in the manufacture of dyes, medicine, and perfume.
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- picardy third — a major third in the final tonic chord of a composition written in a minor key.
- pied-de-biche — a termination to a leg, consisting of a slight outward curve ending in the semblance of a cloven hoof.
- pigheadedness — stupidly obstinate; stubborn: pigheaded resistance.
- piked dogfish — the spiny dogfish.
- pointy-headed — stupid; idiotic.
- polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
- pompon dahlia — a cultivated variety of the dahlia flower, with a small globelike flower head
- posix threads — (programming) (Pthreads) A POSIX standard API that defines a set of C programming language types, functions and constants for creating and manipulating pre-emptive threads. The standard's full name is "POSIX.1c, Threads extensions (IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995)". Implementations are available on many Unix-like POSIX-conformant operating systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris as well as DR-DOS and Microsoft Windows. Pthreads was designed and implemented in the PART Project (POSIX / Ada-Runtime Project).
- post-midnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- pound-foolish — not handling large sums of money wisely
- presidentship — presidency.
- pretendership — the standing of a pretender
- prosthodontia — the branch of dentistry that deals with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth and other oral structures by artificial devices.
- pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
- pseudesthesia — phantom limb pain.
- pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- psychodynamic — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- pumpkinheaded — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- pussy-whipped — (of a woman) to dominate or control (a romantic partner); henpeck.
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- richard petty — Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
- river dolphin — any freshwater cetacean of the family Platanistidae, inhabiting rivers of North and South America and S Asia. They are smaller than marine dolphins and have a longer narrower snout
- scratchpad ii — See Scratchpad I, AXIOM.
- sharp-sighted — having keen sight.
- shepherd king — any of the Hyksos kings.
- ship chandler — a person who deals in cordage, canvas, and other supplies for ships.
- ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
- sophisticated — sophisticated.