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11-letter words containing e, l, p, h, a

  • lump hammer — a heavy hammer used for driving stakes or breaking stone
  • lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
  • lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
  • manila hemp — a fibrous material made from the leafstalks of the abacá, Musa textilis, used for making ropes, fabrics, etc.
  • maple honey — maple syrup.
  • match plate — a plate on which patterns are set to be molded.
  • megacephaly — macrocephalic.
  • melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
  • meliphagous — feeding on honey
  • microcephal — a person with microcephaly
  • middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
  • myelography — the production of myelograms.
  • myelopathic — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
  • naphazoline — 2-(1-naphthylmethyl)-2-imidazoline hydrochloride, a sympathomimetic agent used as a vasoconstrictor.
  • naphthalene — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble hydrocarbon, C 1 0 H 8 , usually obtained from coal tar: used in making dyes, as a moth repellant, etc.
  • naphthaline — Naphthalene.
  • naphthalize — to mix or saturate with naphtha.
  • necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
  • nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
  • nyckelharpa — an old-time Swedish stringed musical instrument, similar to the hurdy-gurdy but sounded with a bow instead of a wheel.
  • oesophageal — esophageal.
  • omphalocele — A hernia of the navel.
  • ophicalcite — a type of marble containing serpentine and calcite
  • oral herpes — a disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 1, characterized primarily by a cluster of small, transient blisters chiefly at the edge of the lip or nostril; herpes labialis.
  • pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
  • paedophilia — Paedophilia is sexual activity with children or the condition of being sexually attracted to children.
  • paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
  • paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)
  • pamphleteer — a writer or publisher of pamphlets, especially on controversial issues.
  • pamphletize — to write a pamphlet.
  • panel house — a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.
  • panel thief — a thief who secretly robs the customers in a panel house.
  • panhellenic — of or relating to all Greeks or to Panhellenism.
  • pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
  • 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.
  • paraphernal — (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
  • parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
  • pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
  • patty shell — a cup-shaped shell of light, flaky pastry, for serving vegetable, fish, or meat mixtures, usually with a sauce.
  • peach melba — a dessert consisting of cooked peach halves served with vanilla ice cream and Melba sauce.
  • pearl perch — an edible marine fish, Glaucosoma scapulare, of eastern Australian coastal waters.
  • pebble dash — an exterior wall finish composed of mortar against which, while still wet, small pebbles have been thrown and pressed in.
  • peche melba — peach Melba.
  • pedophiliac — pedophile.
  • pele's hair — volcanic glass thread, usually basaltic, caused by the solidification of exploding or ejected lava in the open air.
  • pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
  • pelvic arch — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
  • pentathlete — an athlete participating or specializing in the pentathlon.
  • perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
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