15-letter words containing i, m, h, o, t
- ophthalmophobia — the fear of being stared at
- ophthalmoplegia — Paralysis of the muscles within or surrounding the eye.
- ophthalmoscopic — Of, pertaining to or using an ophthalmoscope.
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- over-enthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- overachievement — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
- panophthalmitis — the inflammation of all eye tissue
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- payment holiday — a break taken from paying ( a debt etc) back
- phantom circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
- phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- phenomenologist — the study of phenomena.
- phonemicization — a grouping of phonemes
- photojournalism — journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
- photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
- photomicrograph — a photograph taken through a microscope.
- photomicroscope — a microscope having an illuminator and a camera mechanism for producing a photomicrograph.
- photomultiplier — an extremely sensitive detector of light and of other radiation, consisting of a tube in which the electrons released by radiation striking a photocathode are accelerated, greatly amplifying the signal obtainable from small quantities of radiation.
- phytochemically — in a phytochemical manner
- plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
- poikilothermism — the state or quality of being cold-blooded, as fishes and reptiles.
- pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- protonephridium — a tubular, excretory structure in certain invertebrates, as flatworms, rotifers, and some larvae, usually ending internally in flame cells and having an external pore
- psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
- psychotomimetic — (of a substance or drug) tending to produce symptoms like those of a psychosis; hallucinatory.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- quite something — a remarkable or noteworthy thing or person
- ramrod straight — having a very straight figure
- retirement home — care facility for elderly people
- rheumatism-root — spotted wintergreen.
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- run of the mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- run-of-the-mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
- run-of-the-mine — of or relating to ore or coal that is crude, ungraded, etc.
- sadomasochistic — interaction, especially sexual activity, in which one person enjoys inflicting physical or mental suffering on another person, who derives pleasure from experiencing pain.
- schistosomiasis — an infection caused by parasitic flukes of the genus Schistosoma, occurring commonly in eastern Asia and in tropical regions and transmitted to humans through feces-contaminated fresh water or snails: symptoms commonly include pain, anemia, and malfunction of the infected organ.
- semilogarithmic — (of graphing) having one scale logarithmic and the other arithmetic or of uniform gradation.
- shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
- shot in the arm — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
- socratic method — the use of questions, as employed by Socrates, to develop a latent idea, as in the mind of a pupil, or to elicit admissions, as from an opponent, tending to establish a proposition.
- sodium chlorate — a colorless, water-soluble solid, NaClO 3 , cool and salty to the taste, used chiefly in the manufacture of explosives and matches, as a textile mordant, and as an oxidizing and bleaching agent.
- sodium ethylate — a white, hygroscopic powder, C 2 H 5 ONa, that is decomposed by water into sodium hydroxide and alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
- somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
- south milwaukee — a city in SE Wisconsin.