0%

14-letter words containing h, o, l, p, t, i

  • photorealistic — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • phthalocyanine — Also called metal-free phthalocyanine. a blue-green pigment, C 3 2 H 1 8 N 8 , derived from phthalic anhydride.
  • phyllosilicate — any silicate mineral having the tetrahedral silicate groups linked in sheets, each group containing four oxygen atoms, three of which are shared with other groups so that the ratio of silicon atoms to oxygen atoms is two to five.
  • phytosociology — the branch of ecology dealing with the origin, composition, structure, and classification of plant communities.
  • plotting sheet — a blank chart having only a compass rose and latitude lines, longitude lines, or both, marked and annotated, as required, by a navigator.
  • poikilothermal — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
  • poikilothermia — Medicine/Medical. the inability to regulate core body temperature (as by sweating to cool off or by putting on clothes to warm up), found especially in some spinal cord injury patients and in patients under general anesthesia.
  • poikilothermic — cold-blooded (def 1 .) (opposed to homoiothermal).
  • polar zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it at one of the poles
  • polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
  • port elizabeth — a seaport in the SE Cape of Good Hope province, in the S Republic of South Africa.
  • port nicholson — the first British settlement in New Zealand, established on Wellington Harbour in 1840: grew into Wellington
  • private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
  • prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
  • 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
  • psychoanalytic — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
  • pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
  • pterylographic — relating to pterylography
  • push down list — (programming)   (PDL) In ITS days, the preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl.
  • put the lid on — to be the final blow to
  • pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
  • pyelonephritis — inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis, caused by a bacterial infection.
  • pyophthalmitis — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
  • pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
  • 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.
  • 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
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • simplex method — a numerical method for solving problems in linear programming.
  • social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
  • spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • stigmatophilia — a love for body piercing or tattooing that is accompanied by sexual arousal
  • sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
  • telephone line — phone connection
  • telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
  • the capitoline — the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome. The temple of Jupiter was on the southern summit and the ancient citadel on the northern summit
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the palaeozoic — the Palaeozoic era
  • thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
  • thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
  • thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
  • traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
  • trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?