13-letter words containing h, s, a
- paper-pushing — a person who has a routine desk job.
- paper-shelled — having a thin, easily broken shell: paper-shelled nuts.
- paradise fish — any small freshwater fish of the genus Macropodus, of southeastern Asia, often kept in aquariums.
- paraesthesias — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paraphrasable — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- parapophysial — of or relating to a parapophysis
- parapsychosis — an abnormal psychosis
- parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- parish church — local place of worship
- parish priest — local church minister
- parma heights — a city in NE Ohio, near Cleveland.
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
- parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.
- parthian shot — a sharp, telling remark, act, gesture, etc., made in departing.
- pas de cheval — a step in which the dancer hops on one foot and paws the ground with the other.
- pass the buck — Poker. any object in the pot that reminds the winner of some privilege or obligation when his or her turn to deal next comes.
- pass the word — If you pass the word, you tell someone something that another person has told you.
- passager hawk — young hawk or falcon caught while on migration
- passchendaele — a village in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: the scene of heavy fighting during the third battle of Ypres in World War I during which 245 000 British troops were lost
- past historic — the simple past
- pathomorphism — abnormal morphology.
- peach blossom — the flower of the peach tree: the state flower of Delaware.
- pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pedal pushers — women's short trousers
- pelham holles — Thomas, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 1693–1768, British statesman: prime minister 1754–56, 1757–62 (brother of Henry Pelham).
- pelham-holles — Thomas, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 1693–1768, British statesman: prime minister 1754–56, 1757–62 (brother of Henry Pelham).
- pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- pepper shaker — container that dispenses pepper
- perihepatitis — the inflammation of the part of the peritoneum surrounding the liver
- peripheralism — the explanation of psychological events emphasizing peripheral human functions, as those of skeletal muscles or the sex organs, rather than cognition or other processes of the central nervous system.
- perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phalansterian — of or relating to a phalanstery.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- phallic phase — the time from about age three to five when the genitals become the focus of a child's sensual pleasure.
- phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
- phantasmality — the condition or character of being incorporeal and illusory
- phantom stock — an employee bonus expressed as the cash value of a specified amount of company stock to be received at a future date, meant to create employee interest in raising stock prices without giving any stock away.
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- pharmacognosy — materia medica (def 2).
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- pharyngoscopy — an examination by means of a pharyngoscope.
- phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
- phase encoded — (storage) (PE) A recording method used for 1600 BPI magnetic tapes. Compare NRZI, GCR.