15-letter words containing h, e, m, i, p, t
- phonemicization — a grouping of phonemes
- photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
- photomicroscope — a microscope having an illuminator and a camera mechanism for producing a photomicrograph.
- photomultiplier — an extremely sensitive detector of light and of other radiation, consisting of a tube in which the electrons released by radiation striking a photocathode are accelerated, greatly amplifying the signal obtainable from small quantities of radiation.
- phytochemically — in a phytochemical manner
- pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
- plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
- plant-hire firm — a company that hires out mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
- platyhelminthes — a phylum of worms having bilateral symmetry and a soft, usually flattened body, comprising the flatworms.
- poikilothermism — the state or quality of being cold-blooded, as fishes and reptiles.
- pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- primary feather — any of the flight feathers growing from the manus of a bird's wing
- primary teacher — a teacher in a primary school
- protonephridium — a tubular, excretory structure in certain invertebrates, as flatworms, rotifers, and some larvae, usually ending internally in flame cells and having an external pore
- psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
- psychotomimetic — (of a substance or drug) tending to produce symptoms like those of a psychosis; hallucinatory.
- pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- self-punishment — the act of punishing.
- serum hepatitis — hepatitis B.
- ship's manifest — a list of the shipments or cargo that a vessel is carrying
- sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
- somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
- spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
- spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- swamp white oak — an oak, Quercus bicolor, of eastern North America, yielding a hard, heavy wood used in shipbuilding, for making furniture, etc.
- sympathetic ink — a fluid for producing writing that is invisible until brought out by heat, chemicals, etc.; invisible ink.
- sympathetically — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- sympathomimetic — mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- sympathy strike — a strike by a body of workers, not because of grievances against their own employer, but by way of endorsing and aiding another group of workers who are on strike or have been locked out.
- symphony writer — a composer of an extended large-scale orchestral composition, usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form
- the grim reaper — death
- the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
- the precambrian — the Precambrian era
- the prime mover — God, esp when considered as a first cause
- theriomorphosis — transformation into an animal form, often associated with mythological characters
- thermal printer — a printer that produces output by selectively heating a heat-sensitive paper (thermal paper) in patterns corresponding to the characters to be produced.
- thermoperiodism — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
- thomas à kempis — Thomas à, 1379?–1471, German ecclesiastic and author.
- westphalian ham — a hard German ham with a distinctive flavor derived from being smoked over beechwood and juniper.
- white supremacy — the belief, theory, or doctrine that white people are inherently superior to people from all other racial groups, especially black people, and are therefore rightfully the dominant group in any society.