11-letter words containing h, a, p, y, l
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- prophylaxis — Medicine/Medical. the preventing of disease. the prevention of a specific disease, as by studying the biological behavior, transmission, etc., of its causative agent and applying a series of measures against it.
- psaligraphy — the art of cutting out silhouettes
- psychedelia — the realm or artifacts of psychedelic drugs, art, writings, or the like.
- psychically — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- psychoanal. — psychoanalysis
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- pyelography — the science or technique of making photographs of the kidneys, renal pelves, and ureters by means of x-rays, after the injection of an opaque solution or of a radiopaque dye.
- pyrrhuloxia — a cardinallike grosbeak, Cardinalis (Pyrrhuloxia) sinuatus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having a bill superficially resembling that of a parrot.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
- sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
- spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
- sphagnology — the study of sphagna
- staphylinid — rove beetle.
- staphylitis — inflammation of the soft palate or uvula
- stylography — the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style.
- teletherapy — treatment in which the source of therapy is some distance from the body, as certain radiation therapies.
- thallophyte — any of the Thallophyta, a plant division in some older classification schemes, comprising algae, fungi, and lichens.
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
- thesis play — a play that develops or defends a particular thesis.
- trophically — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
- up-helly-aa — a midwinter festival held in January in Shetland; originally a fire festival, but now a celebration of Shetland's Norse heritage, involving the ceremonial burning of a newly built Viking ship
- xanthophyll — lutein (def 1).
- xylographed — Simple past tense and past participle of xylograph.
- xylographer — A person who makes xylographs.
- xylographic — Of or pertaining to xylographs.
- xylophagous — Feeding on wood. (of insects etc.).