13-letter words containing h, a, y, l
- play catch up — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- play catch-up — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- play hardball — baseball, as distinguished from softball.
- play hob with — to make trouble for; interfere with and make disordered
- play the fool — behave in a silly way
- play the game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- play-the-ball — a method for bringing the ball back into play after a tackle, in which the tackled player is allowed to stand up and kick or heel the ball behind him or her to a team-mate
- playback head — the part of a tape recorder that is used to pick up the magnetic pattern on tape in order to play back material previously recorded.
- playwrighting — the writing of plays
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
- polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
- polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
- polychromatic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
- 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.
- polytechnical — relating to a technical school
- polythalamous — having multiple chambers
- polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- psychoanalyse — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychoanalyst — a person trained to practice psychoanalysis.
- psychoanalyze — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- psychological — of or relating to psychology.
- psychotically — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- pterylography — the description of the feather arrangement on birds
- pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
- rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
- rayleigh wave — a wave along the surface of a solid, elastic body, especially along the surface of the earth.
- reality check — a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
- reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- rheologically — in a rheological manner
- rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
- roman holiday — a public spectacle or controversy marked by barbarism, vindictiveness, or scandal.
- rotary plough — an implement with a series of blades mounted on a power-driven shaft, used to break up soil or weeds
- royal charter — authorization by the monarchy
- saccharolytic — of or causing the hydrolysis of sugars.
- safety helmet — protective hard hat
- saxony-anhalt — a state in central Germany. 9515 sq. mi. (24,644 sq. km). Capital: Magdeburg.
- scaphocephaly — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
- schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
- sea hollyhock — a rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.
- semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- shaking palsy — Parkinson's disease.
- shambolically — in a completely disorganized or chaotic manner
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.