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13-letter words containing h, a, p, y, e

  • methylpropane — (organic compound) isobutane.
  • morphemically — By means of, or in terms, of morphemes.
  • musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
  • mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
  • mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
  • naphthylamine — (organic compound) Either of two isomeric primary amines derived from naphthalene; they occur in crude oil, and are used in the preparation of dyes and other compounds.
  • nasopharynges — Plural form of nasopharynx.
  • nosogeography — the study of the geographical causes and distribution of diseases.
  • nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
  • openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
  • orchesography — a written study of dancing
  • organotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.
  • oropharyngeal — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
  • orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
  • paisley shawl — a shawl made from paisley fabric
  • paleethnology — (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.
  • parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
  • parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
  • parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
  • parry channel — a water channel in N Canada running between Baffin Bay on the E and the Arctic Ocean on the W: separates the Queen Elizabeth Islands (N) from the rest of the Arctic Archipelago.
  • parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
  • party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
  • pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.
  • pay the check — When a customer pays the check in a restaurant, they pay the amount that they owe for their meal.
  • pay the piper — a person who plays on a pipe.
  • pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
  • pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
  • peripherality — the quality of being peripheral
  • perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
  • petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
  • pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
  • pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
  • phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
  • phenylalanine — a crystalline, water-soluble, essential amino acid, C 6 H 5 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, necessary to the nutrition of humans and most animals, obtained chiefly from egg white or skim milk. Symbol: F. Abbreviation: Phe;
  • phenylic acid — phenol (def 1).
  • phenylmethane — toluene.
  • 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.
  • phony-baloney — nonsense; baloney.
  • phosphorylase — any enzyme, occurring widely in animal and plant tissue, that in the presence of an inorganic phosphate catalyzes the conversion of glycogen into sugar phosphate.
  • phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
  • photo gallery — display of collected photographs
  • photosynthate — a compound formed by photosynthesis.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • physiotherapy — physical therapy.
  • phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
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