13-letter words containing e, p, i, h
- photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
- photoelectric — pertaining to the electronic or other electric effects produced by light.
- photoemission — photoelectric effect.
- photofinisher — a person whose profession is photofinishing
- photogelatine — relating to photographic processes in which gelatine is used in receiving or transferring prints
- photogeologic — of or relating to photogeology
- photonegative — pertaining to a substance, as selenium, having a conductivity that decreases upon absorption of electromagnetic radiation.
- photophoresis — the move away from a strong light source by previously suspended particles in a gas
- photopositive — pertaining to a substance whose conductivity increases upon absorption of electromagnetic radiation.
- photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- phreatophytic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phreatophyte
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- phycoerythrin — a red protein pigment occurring in red algae.
- phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
- phylloquinone — vitamin K1.
- physical file — (file system) A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
- physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- physiognomies — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physiotherapy — physical therapy.
- physitheistic — of, relating to, or believing in physitheism
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
- phytocoenosis — the plants of a given area considered as a whole.
- phytonutrient — phytochemical.
- piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
- pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- piece of shit — despicable person
- 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.
- pinch pennies — to squeeze or compress between the finger and thumb, the teeth, the jaws of an instrument, or the like.
- pitch surface — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- pitcher plant — any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped.
- plagiocephaly — a deformity of the skull in which one side is more developed in the front, and the other side is more developed in the rear.
- plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- platycephalic — having a head whose cranial vault is broad or flat.
- platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
- pleasant hill — a city in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
- pointy-headed — stupid; idiotic.
- poker machine — a fruit machine
- polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
- polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
- polygamophile — a person who approves of or countenances polygamy, especially as practiced by others.
- polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
- polytechnical — relating to a technical school
- 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.