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15-letter words containing h, o, t, e, a

  • overorchestrate — to compose or arrange excessively
  • oxyphenbutazone — an anti-inflammatory treatment for arthritis or bursitis
  • oyster toadfish — See under toadfish (def 1).
  • palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
  • palaeontography — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the description of fossils
  • palaeopathology — the study of diseases of ancient man and fossil animals
  • palaeophytology — the study of ancient botany
  • paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
  • paraheliotropic — (of leaves) turning away from light; sun-avoiding
  • parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • parthenogenetic — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • passport holder — a person who has a passport
  • pat on the back — to strike lightly or gently with something flat, as with a paddle or the palm of the hand, usually in order to flatten, smooth, or shape: to pat dough into flat pastry forms.
  • patagonian hare — a burrowing, gray, long-eared and long-legged cavy of the genus Dolichotis, native to South America.
  • pavel petrovich — Paul I (def 2).
  • payment holiday — a break taken from paying ( a debt etc) back
  • peacock feather — a (distinctive and brightly coloured) feather from the peacock
  • pentaerythritol — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 1 2 O 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of alkyd resins, varnishes, plasticizers, and explosives.
  • perchloroethane — hexachloroethane.
  • permanent tooth — any of the 32 adult teeth that replace the 20 milk teeth.
  • personal growth — development as an individual
  • pharmacotherapy — the treatment of disease through the administration of drugs.
  • pheasant coucal — a brown and black, red-eyed Australian bird, Centropus phasianinus, with a pheasantlike tail.
  • phenakistoscope — an early form of a zoetrope in which figures are depicted in different poses around the edge of a disc. When the disc is spun, and the figures observed through the apertures around the edge of the disc, they appear to be moving
  • phenolphthalein — a white, crystalline compound, C 2 0 H 1 4 O 4 , used as an indicator in acid-base titration and as a laxative.
  • phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
  • phenylketonuria — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
  • phonemicization — a grouping of phonemes
  • phoneticization — the representation of speech in writing using a system in which individual symbols reflect speech sounds in a regular manner
  • phosphate group — the group or radical obtained by removal of one or more hydrogen atoms from phosphoric acid.
  • phosphocreatine — a compound, C 4 H 1 0 O 5 N 3 P, found chiefly in muscle, formed by the enzymatic interaction of an organic phosphate and creatine, the breakdown of which provides energy for muscle contraction.
  • phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
  • photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
  • photodissociate — to split or break up molecules as a result of the absorption of photons
  • photoelasticity — the phenomenon of double refraction of polarized light by a transparent substance under elastic stress, used to measure strain in elastic, transparent materials.
  • photoexcitation — the creation of an increase in energy in atoms, molecules or ions caused by the absorption of a photon
  • photoheliograph — an instrument for photographing the sun, consisting of a camera and a specially adapted telescope.
  • photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
  • photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
  • phototelegraphy — facsimile (def 2a).
  • physiotherapist — physical therapy.
  • phytochemically — in a phytochemical manner
  • phytoflagellate — any microscopic flagellate that is photosynthetic.
  • phytopathogenic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phytopathogen
  • pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
  • pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
  • pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
  • plain chocolate — dark eating chocolate
  • plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
  • plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
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