13-letter words containing h, a, y, l
- nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
- nizhniy tagil — city in W Russia, in the EC Urals: pop. 429,000
- nonhaemolytic — relating to a transfusion reaction in which the red blood cells survive
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- nonyl alcohol — any of several colorless or light-yellow, liquid, water-soluble isomers of the formula C 9 H 2 0 O, especially having a roselike odor: used chiefly in perfumery and flavoring.
- north babylon — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- northeasterly — of or located in the northeast.
- octyl alcohol — any of a group of isomers having the formula C 8 H 1 8 O, especially used in making perfumes and as a solvent.
- oklahoma city — a city in and the capital of Oklahoma, in the central part.
- oleyl alcohol — an unsaturated, fatty alcohol, derived from oleic acid, C 1 8 H 3 6 O, used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
- ophthalmology — the branch of medical science dealing with the anatomy, functions, and diseases of the eye.
- orchid family — the plant family Orchidaceae, characterized by terrestrial or epiphytic herbaceous plants having simple, parallel-veined, usually alternate leaves, complex and often large and showy flowers pollinated primarily by insects, and fruit in the form of a capsule containing numerous minute seeds, and including calypso, fringed orchis, lady's-slipper, pogonia, rattlesnake plantain, vanilla, as well as numerous tropical orchids such as those of the genera Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Vanda.
- oropharyngeal — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.
- orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
- orthogonality — (mathematics, statistics) the property of being orthogonal.
- oscillography — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- paisley shawl — a shawl made from paisley fabric
- paleethnology — (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.
- parapophysial — of or relating to a parapophysis
- 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.
- patriarchally — of or relating to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc.: my father's conservative, patriarchal ways.
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- 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
- phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
- pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
- 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-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
- phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
- phyllophagous — (of an organism) feeding on leaves.
- 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.
- physicalistic — of or relating to physicalism.
- physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physiological — of or relating to physiology.
- phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
- phytoplankter — a minute organism which constitutes part of phytoplankton
- phytoplankton — the aggregate of plants and plantlike organisms in plankton.
- 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 yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
- platycephalic — having a head whose cranial vault is broad or flat.
- platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.