14-letter words containing e, u, p, h, i
- in the picture — informed about a given situation
- khmer republic — a former official name of Cambodia.
- leu enkephalin — either of two pentapeptides that bind to morphine receptors in the central nervous system and have opioid properties of relatively short duration; one pentapeptide (Met enkephalin) has the amino acid sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Met and the other (Leu enkephalin) has the sequence Tyr-Gly-Gly-Phe-Leu.
- lieutenantship — the office of a lieutenant
- louis philippe — ("Citizen King") 1773–1850, king of France 1830–48.
- malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
- mauritius hemp — a tropical American plant, Furcraea foetida, having large, fleshy leaves, cultivated as a source of a hemplike fiber.
- metanephridium — (anatomy) A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
- microcephalous — Microcephalic.
- micropublisher — a publisher of material in microfilm
- milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
- mountain sheep — wild sheep in mountainous area
- multiple birth — a birth at which two or more children are born at the same time
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- myrmecophilous — (biology) Adapted to thrive in the presence of ants.
- naphthoquinone — (organic compound) Either of two isomers of polycyclic aromatic ketones derived from naphthalene.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- nip in the bud — Botany. a small axillary or terminal protuberance on a plant, containing rudimentary foliage (leaf bud) the rudimentary inflorescence (flower bud) or both (mixed bud) an undeveloped or rudimentary stem or branch of a plant.
- nontherapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- opisthocoelous — relating to vertebrae in which the centrum is convex and the posterior is concave
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
- pharmaceutical — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
- phillips curve — a curve that purports to plot the relationship between unemployment and inflation on the theory that as inflation falls unemployment rises and vice versa
- photoduplicate — photocopy.
- photoinductive — of, relating to, or being able to undergo photoinduction
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
- plesiochronous — (communications) Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
- pleurapophysis — one of the lateral processes of a vertebra forming the ribs
- porcupine fish — 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.
- prime the pump — an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
- printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
- pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
- pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
- pseudaesthesia — imaginary sensation, like that of an amputated limb
- pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- pseudomorphism — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- purchase price — cost at which sth is bought
- put the lid on — to be the final blow to
- radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- saphenous vein — either of two large veins near the surface of the foot, leg, and thigh, one on the inner side and the other on the outer and posterior sides.