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15-letter words containing e, p, h, m, r

  • incomprehensive — not comprehensive.
  • knapping hammer — a hammer used for breaking and shaping stones
  • life membership — the fact or condition of being a life member
  • 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.
  • marital therapy — a psychotherapeutic treatment for married couples, who are seen by a therapist both individually and jointly to assist them in resolving various problems related to their marriage.
  • mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
  • mechanoreceptor — any of the sense organs that respond to vibration, stretching, pressure, or other mechanical stimuli.
  • membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
  • merchant prince — a very wealthy or influential merchant.
  • metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
  • metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
  • metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
  • metanitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
  • methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
  • methylpropanone — (organic compound) The industrial solvent butanone.
  • microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
  • microaerophilic — Of, or relating to a microaerophile.
  • microphotometer — a photometer adapted for measuring the intensity of light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by minute objects.
  • microphotometry — the use of microphotometers to measure the intensity of light transmitted or reflected by very small areas
  • misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
  • misapprehension — misunderstanding.
  • miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
  • montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
  • more's the pity — If you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.
  • morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
  • morphophonemics — Also called morphonology, morphophonology. the study of the relations between morphemes and their phonological realizations, components, or mappings.
  • mother of pearl — a hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc.; nacre.
  • mother superior — the head of a Christian religious community for women.
  • mother's helper — a person who is hired to assist in household chores, especially caring for children.
  • mother-of-pearl — a hard, iridescent substance that forms the inner layer of certain mollusk shells, used for making buttons, beads, etc.; nacre.
  • mystery shopper — a person who is employed, often by the owners, to visit shops, hotels, etc, incognito, and assess the quality of the service offered
  • neoarsphenamine — a derivative of arsenic formerly used in treating syphilis
  • nephrolithotomy — incision or opening of a kidney pelvis for removal of a calculus.
  • neuroepithelium — Embryology. the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the nervous system.
  • new hampshirite — of New Hampshire
  • nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
  • open your mouth — If you say that someone does not open their mouth, you are emphasizing that they never say anything at all.
  • overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
  • parasympathetic — pertaining to that part of the autonomic nervous system consisting of nerves and ganglia that arise from the cranial and sacral regions and function in opposition to the sympathetic system, as in inhibiting heartbeat or contracting the pupil of the eye.
  • parchment paper — a waterproof and grease-resistant paper produced by treating ordinary paper with concentrated sulfuric acid.
  • parish magazine — a magazine containing news and articles of interest to the people of a particular parish church or the local area
  • parmesan cheese — of or from Parma, in northern Italy.
  • paroemiographer — a person who writes or collects proverbs
  • permanent tooth — any of the 32 adult teeth that replace the 20 milk teeth.
  • petroleum ether — a volatile mixture of the higher alkane hydrocarbons, obtained as a fraction of petroleum and used as a solvent
  • pharmacotherapy — the treatment of disease through the administration of drugs.
  • 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.
  • photomicroscope — a microscope having an illuminator and a camera mechanism for producing a photomicrograph.
  • photomultiplier — an extremely sensitive detector of light and of other radiation, consisting of a tube in which the electrons released by radiation striking a photocathode are accelerated, greatly amplifying the signal obtainable from small quantities of radiation.
  • phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
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