14-letter words containing h, o, p, i, r
- on the improve — improving
- oophorectomies — Plural form of oophorectomy.
- oophorectomize — to surgically remove (one or both ovaries)
- operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
- opisthobranchs — Plural form of opisthobranch.
- opisthographic — written on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
- opossum shrimp — any small, shrimplike crustacean of the order Mysidacea, the females of which carry their eggs in a pouch between the legs.
- ornithomorphic — relating to an ornithomorph
- orthographical — Of, or relating to orthography; spelled correctly.
- oscillographic — Of or pertaining to an oscillograph.
- 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.
- ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
- 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
- palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
- paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
- panidiomorphic — (of igneous rocks) having well-developed crystals
- parish council — local administrative body
- parish records — historical documents of a district
- paroemiography — the writing or collecting of proverbs
- parole hearing — a panel of people who decide whether to free a prisoner before his or her sentence has expired, on the condition that he or she is of good behaviour
- parrot-fashion — If you learn or repeat something parrot-fashion, you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means.
- perhydrogenize — perhydrogenate.
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
- personal chair — a professorship awarded in recognition of academic achievement
- petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
- petrochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with petroleum or its products.
- petrophysicist — a person who studies, or is an expert in, petrophysics
- 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
- phenobarbitone — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- phenolic resin — any of the class of thermosetting resins formed by the condensation of phenol, or of a phenol derivative, with an aldehyde, especially formaldehyde: used chiefly in the manufacture of paints and plastics and as adhesives for sandpaper and plywood.
- phenosafranine — safranine (def 2).
- phenylcarbinol — benzyl alcohol.
- phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
- philanthropist — a person who practices philanthropy.
- philanthropize — to treat (persons) in a philanthropic manner.
- philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
- philosophaster — a person who has only a superficial knowledge of philosophy or who feigns a knowledge he or she does not possess.
- philosopheress — a philosopher who is a woman
- phloroglucinol — a white to yellow, crystalline, slightly water-soluble powder, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 ⋅2H 2 O, used chiefly in analytical chemistry and in the preparation of pharmaceuticals.
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- phonoreception — the physiological perception of sound.
- phosphoprotein — a protein, as casein or ovalbumin, in which one or more hydroxyl groups of serine, threonine, or tyrosine are hydroxylated.