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13-letter words containing h, o, l, e, y

  • phosphorylase — any enzyme, occurring widely in animal and plant tissue, that in the presence of an inorganic phosphate catalyzes the conversion of glycogen into sugar phosphate.
  • phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
  • photo gallery — display of collected photographs
  • phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
  • phylloquinone — vitamin K1.
  • physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
  • phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
  • phytoplankter — a minute organism which constitutes part of phytoplankton
  • plagiocephaly — a deformity of the skull in which one side is more developed in the front, and the other side is more developed in the rear.
  • play the fool — behave in a silly way
  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
  • polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
  • polygamophile — a person who approves of or countenances polygamy, especially as practiced by others.
  • polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
  • polytechnical — relating to a technical school
  • polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
  • prohibitively — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
  • prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • psychoanalyse — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
  • psychoanalyze — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
  • psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
  • pterylography — the description of the feather arrangement on birds
  • pyrheliometer — an instrument for measuring the total intensity of the sun's energy radiation.
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • q-methodology — a statistical methodology used by psychologists to identify alternative world-views, opinions, interpretations, etc, in terms of statistically independent patterns of response recognized by clustering together individuals whose orderings of items, typically attitude statements, are similar
  • r-methodology — any statistical methodology in psychology that is contrasted with Q-methodology
  • remythologize — to mythologize anew, to make a new mythological system out of (an existing one)
  • reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • rheologically — in a rheological manner
  • roller hockey — a game similar to ice hockey played on roller skates.
  • royal charter — authorization by the monarchy
  • scaphocephaly — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
  • school system — state education
  • sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
  • sea hollyhock — a rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.
  • self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
  • shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • shirley poppy — a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.
  • silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
  • southeasterly — coming from the south east
  • southwesterly — coming from the south west
  • speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
  • sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
  • stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • tell you what — You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
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