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15-letter words containing i, n, a, o, t, h

  • photoionization — the phenomenon in which the absorption of electromagnetic radiation by an atom in a gas induces the atom to emit a bound electron and thereby become ionized.
  • 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.
  • phototransistor — a transistor that amplifies current induced by photoconductivity.
  • physicalization — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
  • phytopathogenic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phytopathogen
  • pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
  • pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
  • pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
  • plain chocolate — dark eating chocolate
  • plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
  • point-and-shoot — of or denoting a camera that does not require manual adjustment of shutter speed, focus, aperture, etc.
  • polish notation — a logical notation that dispenses with the need for brackets by writing the logical constants as operators preceding their arguments
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • 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
  • port washington — a town on NW Long Island, in SE New York.
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • probationership — the position of a probationer
  • process heating — Process heating is heating, usually from steam, which is used to increase the temperature in a process vessel.
  • psychohistorian — a person who writes psychohistory
  • pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
  • pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
  • quantity theory — a theory stating that the general price level varies directly with the quantity of money in circulation and the velocity with which it is circulated, and inversely with the volume of production expressed by the total number of money transactions
  • radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
  • radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
  • raise one's hat — to take one's hat briefly off one's head as a greeting or mark of respect
  • reauthorization — the act or process of reauthorizing something
  • reorchestration — a renewed or second orchestration of a piece of music, the act of reorchestrating
  • rhodesian front — the governing party in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia) 1962–78
  • right ascension — the arc of the celestial equator measured eastward from the vernal equinox to the foot of the great circle passing through the celestial poles and a given point on the celestial sphere, expressed in degrees or hours.
  • right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
  • roll in the hay — a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
  • rough breathing — the symbol (ʿ) used in the writing of Greek to indicate aspiration of the initial vowel or of the ρ (rho) over which it is placed.
  • rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • saint-john-lake — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
  • scatter cushion — Scatter cushions are small cushions for use on sofas and chairs.
  • schillerization — the process of altering crystals to produce schiller
  • school teaching — School teaching is the work done by teachers in a school.
  • scotch highland — any of a breed of small, hardy, usually dun-colored, shaggy-haired beef cattle with long, widespread horns, able to withstand the cold and sparse pasturage of its native western Scottish uplands.
  • scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
  • shadow minister — a member of the main opposition party in Parliament who would hold ministerial office if their party were in power
  • shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
  • shock resistant — not affected by impact
  • shock-resistant — strong or resilient enough to sustain minor impacts without damage to the internal mechanism: a shock-resistant watch.
  • shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
  • shot in the arm — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
  • sir arthur john — Sir (Arthur) John, 1904–2000, English actor and director.
  • sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
  • sound-and-light — combining sound effects or music with unusual lighting displays: to promote a product with a spectacular sound-and-light presentation.
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