16-letter words containing h, s, a, m, p, e
- mechanoreceptors — Plural form of mechanoreceptor.
- metamorphosising — Present participle of metamorphosise.
- methamphetamines — Methamphetamine.
- misapprehensions — Plural form of misapprehension.
- mit lisp machine — Lisp Machine
- non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- north massapequa — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- northamptonshire — a county in central England. 914 sq. mi. (2365 sq. km).
- on the same page — one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- ophthalmoparesis — (medicine) A partial or complete paralysis of the extraocular muscles which are responsible for eye movements.
- orthosympathetic — Of or pertaining to the sympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system.
- palmerston north — a city in New Zealand, in the S North Island on the Manawatu River. Pop: 78 100 (2004 est)
- pascal's theorem — the theorem that the lines joining adjacent vertices of a hexagon intersect the same straight line if alternate vertices lie on two intersecting straight lines.
- pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
- phalansterianism — a system by which society would be reorganized into units comprising their own social and industrial elements; Fourierism.
- pharmacogenetics — the branch of pharmacology that examines the relation of genetic factors to variations in response to drugs.
- pharmacogenomics — the study of human genetic variability in relation to drug action and its application to medical treatment
- pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
- phase microscope — a microscope that utilizes the phase differences of light rays transmitted by different portions of an object to create an image in which the details of the object are distinct despite their near-uniformity of refractive index.
- phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
- plainclothes man — a detective or police officer who wears civilian clothes while on duty
- presence chamber — the special room in which a great personage, as a sovereign, receives guests, holds audiences, etc.
- pseudohemophilia — a clotting disorder caused by abnormal factor VIII activity, and characterized by a prolonged bleeding time but without the delayed coagulation time of hemophilia.
- pseudoparenchyma — (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
- queen's champion — a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king (King's Champion) or the queen (Queen's Champion) who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.
- schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
- secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- shoemaker's shop — a shop where shoes are repaired, or made
- sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
- sodium phosphate — Also called monobasic sodium phosphate. a white, crystalline, slightly hygroscopic, water-soluble powder, NaH 2 PO 4 , used chiefly in dyeing and in electroplating.
- spanish mackerel — an American game fish, Scomberomorus maculatus, inhabiting the Atlantic Ocean.
- spanish omelette — an omelette made by adding green peppers, onions, tomato, etc, to the eggs
- spanish-american — noting or pertaining to the parts of America where Spanish is the prevailing language.
- spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
- sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
- spraying machine — a device for spraying large volumes of liquid, such as insecticide onto crops
- spring ephemeral — any of various woodland wildflowers that appear above ground in early spring, flower and fruit, and die in a short two-month period.
- sulfarsphenamine — a yellow, water-soluble, arsenic-containing powder, C 1 4 H 1 4 As 2 N 2 Na 2 O 8 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of syphilis.
- swash plate pump — a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and imparts reciprocating motion to push rods parallel to the shaft axis
- system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
- tea and sympathy — a caring attitude, esp to someone in trouble
- thermoplasticity — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- to pass the time — If you do something to pass the time you do it because you have some time available and not because you really want to do it.
- unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
- upper atmosphere — the portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere.