14-letter words containing h, i, p, a
- pseudaesthesia — imaginary sensation, like that of an amputated limb
- pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
- psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
- psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human
- psycho-somatic — of or relating to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors.
- psychoacoustic — relating to psychoacoustics
- psychoanalysis — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- psychoanalytic — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- psychochemical — pertaining to chemicals or drugs that affect the mind or behavior.
- psychodynamics — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- psychogalvanic — pertaining to or involving electric changes in the body resulting from reactions to mental or emotional stimuli.
- psychographics — the use of demographics to determine the attitudes and tastes of a particular segment of a population, as in marketing studies.
- psychophysical — the branch of psychology that deals with the relationships between physical stimuli and resulting sensations and mental states.
- psychosocially — from a psychosocial point of view
- psychosomatics — the study of psychosomatic conditions
- pterylographic — relating to pterylography
- public holiday — national day off work
- purchase price — cost at which sth is bought
- pyophthalmitis — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
- pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- radioautograph — autoradiograph.
- radiographical — the production of radiographs.
- radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
- radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- radiotherapist — radiologist
- radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
- relative pitch — the pitch of a tone as determined by its relationship to other tones in a scale.
- retail therapy — Retail therapy is the activity of shopping for clothes and other things in order to make yourself feel happier.
- rhinencephalon — the part of the cerebrum containing the olfactory structures.
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- rhyparographic — of or relating to rhyparography
- riemann sphere — a sphere used for a stereographic projection.
- riparian right — a right, as fishing or use of water for irrigation or power, enjoyed by a person who owns riparian property.
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
- sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
- saphenous vein — either of two large veins near the surface of the foot, leg, and thigh, one on the inner side and the other on the outer and posterior sides.
- scaphocephalic — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
- sceuophylacium — a place where sacred vessels are kept
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- scottish topaz — a form of yellow transparent quartz
- semi-spherical — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
- sharp practice — You can use sharp practice to refer to an action or a way of behaving, especially in business or professional matters, that you think is clever but dishonest.
- sharptail mola — a fish, Masturus lanceolatus, related to the ocean sunfish but having a pointed tail.
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks