11-letter words containing h, i, p, a
- peripherals — pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery: peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.
- periphrasis — the use of an unnecessarily long or roundabout form of expression; circumlocution.
- perishables — perishable articles, esp food
- peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
- perithecial — of, pertaining to, or having a perithecium
- petah tiqwa — city in WC Israel: pop. 153,000
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- petrarchist — a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
- phagedaenic — relating to or having the characteristics of phagedaena
- phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
- phagophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of swallowing or eating
- phainopepla — a crested passerine bird, Phainopepla nitens, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- phallically — in a phallic manner or in a manner that is suggestive of a phallus
- phallotoxin — any of a group of potent mycotoxins produced by certain mushroom species of the genus Amanita.
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- phantasiast — a person who adhered to the religious doctrine that Christ had no substantial reality
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- pharisaical — of or relating to the Pharisees.
- phariseeism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
- pharyngitic — relating to the medical condition of pharyngitis that is characterized by pain and swelling of the pharynx
- pharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx; sore throat.
- phenylamine — aniline.
- philanderer — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- philatelist — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- philippians — an Epistle written by Paul to the Christian community in Philippi. Abbreviation: Phil.
- philography — the collecting of autographs, especially those of famous persons.
- philologian — a philologist.
- philomathic — relating to or enjoying the process of learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- phobophobia — an abnormal fear of developing a phobia; anxiety about showing symptoms of a phobia.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- phonophobia — an intense fear of noises
- phonotactic — of or relating to phonotactics: Phonotactic constraints in English prevent the occurrence of the consonant clusters (sr) and (dl) at the beginning of words.
- phosphatide — phospholipid.
- phosphatize — to treat with phosphates.
- photoactive — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
- photophobia — an abnormal sensitivity to or intolerance of light, as in iritis.
- photostatic — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- phototactic — movement of an organism toward or away from a source of light.
- phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
- phthiriasis — crab lice infestation.
- phycocyanin — a blue protein pigment, found in algae, involved in the process of photosynthesis.
- phycophaein — a brownish pigment which is found in seaweed
- phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
- phyllomania — the production of leaves in abnormal numbers or places.
- phyllotaxis — phyllotaxy.