14-letter words containing h, o, m, p, i
- nephrectomized — to perform a nephrectomy upon.
- nymphomaniacal — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
- omphalocentric — Overly introspective and inclined to navel-gazing.
- omphaloskepsis — contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.
- omphaloskeptic — One who contemplates or meditates upon one's navel; one who engages in omphaloscopy.
- on the improve — improving
- one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- oophorectomies — Plural form of oophorectomy.
- oophorectomize — to surgically remove (one or both ovaries)
- ophthalmologic — the branch of medical science dealing with the anatomy, functions, and diseases of the eye.
- opossum shrimp — any small, shrimplike crustacean of the order Mysidacea, the females of which carry their eggs in a pouch between the legs.
- opthalmologist — Misspelling of ophthalmologist.
- ornithomorphic — relating to an ornithomorph
- overemphasised — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasise.
- overemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of overemphasize.
- overemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overemphasize.
- paedomorphosis — the resemblance of adult animals to the young of their ancestors: seen in the evolution of modern man, who shows resemblances to the young stages of australopithecines
- panidiomorphic — (of igneous rocks) having well-developed crystals
- paroemiography — the writing or collecting of proverbs
- pension scheme — savings fund for retirement
- petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
- petrochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with petroleum or its products.
- phallic symbol — any object, as a cigar or skyscraper, that may broadly resemble or represent the penis, especially such an object that symbolizes power, as an automobile.
- phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- phantasmagoria — a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
- phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- pharmacologist — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharmacopoeial — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
- pharmacopoeian — an individual who has expert knowledge of a pharmacopoeia
- pharmacopolist — a person who sells pharmaceutical products
- phi-phenomenon — motion perceived by a subject, especially the illusion of movement produced when stationary stimuli, as pictures or lights, are presented in rapid succession and are sometimes in slightly different positions.
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- photochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- photoperiodism — the response, as affecting growth or reproduction, of an organism to the length of exposure to light in a 24-hour period.
- phytochemistry — the branch of biochemistry dealing with plants and plant processes.
- piezochemistry — the study of chemical reactions at high pressures
- pimento cheese — a processed cheese made from Neufchâtel, cream cheese, Cheddar, or other cheese, flavored with chopped pimientos.
- pinhole camera — a simple camera in which an aperture provided by a pinhole in an opaque diaphragm is used in place of a lens.
- 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).
- poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
- polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
- postmastership — the office or position of a postmaster
- primary growth — growth in vascular plants, especially an increase in length, that results from cell division and differentiation of an apical meristem.
- primary phloem — phloem derived directly from the growth of an apical meristem.
- primary school — a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
- prominent moth — any moth of the family Notodontidae characterized by tufts of scales on the back edge of the forewing that stand up prominently at rest and give the group its name. It includes the puss moth and buff-tip as well as those with prominent in the name
- pseudomorphism — an irregular or unclassifiable form.