11-letter words containing h, y, p, o, s
- osteophytes — Plural form of osteophyte.
- osteophytic — a small osseous excrescence or outgrowth on bone.
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- oxysulphide — a compound containing an element combined with oxygen and sulphur
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- phagocytose — phagocytize.
- photo essay — a group of photographs, usually with supplementary text, that conveys a unified story and is published as a book or as a feature in a magazine or newspaper.
- photo story — photo essay.
- photosystem — either of two pigment-containing systems, photosystem I or II, in which the light-dependent chemical reactions of photosynthesis occur in the chloroplasts of plants
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- phycologist — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- phyllotaxis — phyllotaxy.
- physiognomy — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- physiologic — of or relating to physiology.
- physiologus — an ancient Greek book containing stories and tales with moral content about real and mythical animals
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- phytosterol — Biochemistry. any of various sterols obtained from plants.
- phytotomist — someone who studies or who is an expert in phytotomy
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polyhistory — the quality of a polyhistor
- polylithism — (programming) A property of a data-object that can exist in many shapes and sizes, but not simultaneously; which distinguishes it from a union. It is often implemented as a set of classes (or structs) derived from a common base class (or with a common header, as in the case of structs), typically without any methods. It has been loosely described as polymorphic data.
- polyphagous — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- polyphonist — a musical composer of or theorist in polyphony
- polyphonous — Music. polyphonic composition; counterpoint.
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- posttyphoid — occurring as a sequela of typhoid fever.
- prophesying — to foretell or predict.
- prophylaxis — Medicine/Medical. the preventing of disease. the prevention of a specific disease, as by studying the biological behavior, transmission, etc., of its causative agent and applying a series of measures against it.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- psychagogue — a necromancer
- psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
- psychoanal. — psychoanalysis
- psychobilly — loud frantic rockabilly music
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- psychograph — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- psychologic — of or relating to psychology.
- psychomancy — occult communication between souls or with spirits.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychomotor — of or relating to a response involving both motor and psychological components.
- psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
- psychopathy — a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- psychophily — the pollination of flowers by butterflies