13-letter words containing h, e, r, p, t, o
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- nephelometers — Plural form of nephelometer.
- nephelometric — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nephrectomies — Plural form of nephrectomy.
- nephrectomize — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- nephropathies — Plural form of nephropathy.
- newport beach — a city in SW California, SE of Los Angeles.
- niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
- northern cape — the largest but least populated province in South Africa, in the NW part of the country; created in 1994 from part of Cape Province: agriculture, mining (esp diamonds). Capital: Kimberley. Pop: 1 145 861 (2011 est). Area: 139 703 sq km (361 830 sq miles)
- northern pike — a pike, Esox lucius, of North American and Eurasian waters, valued as a game fish.
- on the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
- on the parish — receiving parochial relief
- open brethren — one of the two main divisions of the Plymouth Brethren that, in contrast to the Exclusive Brethren, permits contacts with members outside the sect
- openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
- orchestra pit — musicians' seating in front of stage
- orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- 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.
- orthocephalic — having a medium or intermediate relation between the height of the skull and the breadth or length.
- orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
- orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
- orthographize — to spell correctly or according to the rules of orthography.
- orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
- orthopyroxene — a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having an orthorhombic crystal structure, such as enstatite and hypersthene
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating
- over the hump — a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
- parental home — a school for problem children.
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
- parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
- parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.
- pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
- patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
- peppered moth — a European geometrid moth, Biston betularia, occurring in a pale grey speckled form in rural areas and a black form in industrial regions
- perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- petrochemical — a chemical substance obtained from petroleum or natural gas, as gasoline, kerosene, or petrolatum.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- phonoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by sound waves.
- phosphoretted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
- phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- phosphuretted — treated or combined with phosphorus
- photo gallery — display of collected photographs
- photoallergic — photosensitive.
- photocomposer — a machine for setting type photographically.
- photodetector — photosensor.