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16-letter words containing h, i, g, o, p

  • photolithography — the technique or art of making photolithographs.
  • phototypesetting — Printing. photocomposition.
  • photozincography — a type of photoengraving using a sensitized zinc plate.
  • phylogenetically — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • physiognomically — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
  • pitch-cone angle — (in a bevel gear) the apex angle of the truncated cone (pitch cone) which forms the reference surface on which the teeth of a bevel gear are cut
  • pneumatic trough — a trough filled with liquid, especially water, for collecting gases in bell jars or the like by displacement.
  • point de hongrie — flame stitch.
  • pork scratchings — small pieces of crisply cooked pork crackling, eaten cold as an appetizer with drinks
  • poynting theorem — the theorem that the rate of flow of electromagnetic energy through unit area is equal to the Poynting vector, i.e. the cross product of the electric and magnetic field intensities
  • pragmatic theory — the theory of truth that the truth of a statement consists in its practical consequences, especially in its agreement with subsequent experience.
  • prognostic chart — a chart showing the predicted state of the atmosphere for a given time in the future.
  • prospect heights — a town in N Illinois.
  • prosthetic group — the nonprotein acid constituent of a conjugate protein, as the heme group of hemoglobin.
  • psychobiological — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
  • psychogeriatrics — the psychology of old age.
  • psychoimmunology — the branch of medicine studying the effects of psychological phenomena on the immune system; the intersection of psychology and immunology.
  • psychophysiology — the branch of physiology that deals with the interrelation of mental and physical phenomena.
  • publishing house — a company that publishes books, pamphlets, engravings, or the like: a venerable publishing house in Boston.
  • purchasing power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
  • radio-phonograph — a radio and phonograph combined in one unit and sharing some components, as the amplifier and speaker(s)
  • radiographically — the production of radiographs.
  • rhinopharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and pharynx.
  • riau archipelago — a group of islands belonging to Indonesia, off the SE coast of the Malay Peninsula, at the entrance to the Strait of Malacca. 36,510 sq. mi. (94,561 sq. km).
  • rising diphthong — a diphthong in which the first of two apparent vocalic elements is of lesser stress or sonority than the second, as the (wä) in guava [gwah-vuh] /ˈgwɑ və/ (Show IPA).
  • scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
  • sex-and-shopping — (of a novel) belonging to a genre of novel in which the central character, a woman, has a number of sexual encounters, and the author mentions the name of many up-market products
  • shipping company — business that sends goods overseas
  • shopping channel — television station used to sell goods
  • shopping complex — a shopping centre
  • shopping trolley — A shopping trolley is a large metal basket on wheels which is provided by shops such as supermarkets for customers to use while they are in the shop.
  • shopping village — a shopping centre that designed to look like a village
  • shorthand typing — shorthand and typing
  • social pathology — a social factor, as poverty, old age, or crime, that tends to increase social disorganization and inhibit personal adjustment.
  • spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
  • still photograph — a photograph taken from a cinema film which is used for publicity purposes
  • stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
  • stroboradiograph — a stroboscopic radiograph.
  • subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
  • sulu archipelago — an island group in the SW Philippines, separating the Sulawesi Sea from the Sulu Sea. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Jolo.
  • telescopic sight — a telescope mounted on a rifle, etc, used for sighting
  • the herring-pond — the Atlantic Ocean
  • the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
  • tightrope walker — performer who walks on high wire
  • to put sth right — If you put something right, you correct something that was wrong or that was causing problems.
  • trick photograph — a photograph that creates an illusion
  • vapor channeling — Vapor channeling exists when vapor flow is distributed in an unequal way in a distillation vessel or stage.
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • walk a tightrope — be in a precarious position
  • white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from
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