14-letter words containing h, p, i
- psycho-history — history or the writing of history employing the techniques of psychoanalysis to explore motivations, explain actions, etc.
- psycho-somatic — of or relating to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors.
- psychoacoustic — relating to psychoacoustics
- psychoanalysis — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- psychoanalytic — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- psychochemical — pertaining to chemicals or drugs that affect the mind or behavior.
- psychodynamics — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- psychogalvanic — pertaining to or involving electric changes in the body resulting from reactions to mental or emotional stimuli.
- psychogenetics — the study of internal or mental states
- psychographics — the use of demographics to determine the attitudes and tastes of a particular segment of a population, as in marketing studies.
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- psychophysical — the branch of psychology that deals with the relationships between physical stimuli and resulting sensations and mental states.
- psychosocially — from a psychosocial point of view
- psychosomatics — the study of psychosomatic conditions
- psychotechnics — the use of psychological techniques for controlling and modifying human behavior, especially for practical ends.
- pteridophilist — a person who shows an excessive enthusiam for ferns
- pterylographic — relating to pterylography
- public holiday — national day off work
- public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
- purchase price — cost at which sth is bought
- 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.
- pyelonephrosis — any disease of the kidney and its pelvis.
- pyophthalmitis — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
- pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
- pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
- pyroninophilic — (of cells) having their cytoplasm stained red by methyl green pyronin, indicating the presence of much RNA and active protein synthesis
- pyrophosphoric — as in pyrophosphoric acid, a type of acid
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- radioautograph — autoradiograph.
- radiographical — the production of radiographs.
- 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.
- radiotherapist — radiologist
- radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
- relative pitch — the pitch of a tone as determined by its relationship to other tones in a scale.
- relief pitcher — a pitcher brought into a game to replace another pitcher, often in a critical situation.
- retail therapy — Retail therapy is the activity of shopping for clothes and other things in order to make yourself feel happier.
- rhine province — a former province in W Germany, mostly W of the Rhine: now divided between Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine–Westphalia.
- rhinencephalon — the part of the cerebrum containing the olfactory structures.
- rhinosporidium — any fungus of the genus Rhinosporidium, members of which produce vascular polyps in the nasal passages.
- rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
- rhyparographic — of or relating to rhyparography
- riemann sphere — a sphere used for a stereographic projection.
- riparian right — a right, as fishing or use of water for irrigation or power, enjoyed by a person who owns riparian property.
- sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)