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14-letter words containing h, y, p, a, t, e

  • play hell with — to throw into confusion and disorder; disrupt
  • play the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
  • play with fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
  • plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
  • polygraph test — a test carried out using a polygraph, esp used by the police to try to find out whether somebody is telling the truth
  • primal therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to relive traumatic events, often screaming or crying, in order to achieve catharsis and a breakdown of psychological defenses.
  • prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
  • pterylographic — relating to pterylography
  • 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.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
  • reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
  • retail therapy — Retail therapy is the activity of shopping for clothes and other things in order to make yourself feel happier.
  • röntgenography — radiography
  • speech therapy — treatment for speaking disorders
  • sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
  • supply teacher — A supply teacher is a teacher whose job is to take the place of other teachers at different schools when they are unable to be there.
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • telepathically — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
  • telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
  • terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
  • the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • three-act play — a dramatic production such as play or film which is divided into three acts or sections
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • triphenylamine — a molecule consisting of a nitrogen atom with three phenyl groups attached to it
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • xerophytically — As a xerophyte.
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