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13-letter words containing l, h, e

  • photochemical — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
  • photocopiable — able or legally permitted to be photocopied
  • photoelectric — pertaining to the electronic or other electric effects produced by light.
  • photoelectron — an electron emitted from a system by the photoelectric effect.
  • photogelatine — relating to photographic processes in which gelatine is used in receiving or transferring prints
  • photogeologic — of or relating to photogeology
  • phototelegram — a telegram that is sent by means of phototelegraphy
  • phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
  • phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
  • phylloquinone — vitamin K1.
  • physical file — (file system)   A low-level view of the physical characteristics of a file, such as its location on a disk or its physical structure, for example, whether indexed or sequential.
  • physicalities — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
  • physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
  • phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
  • phytoplankter — a minute organism which constitutes part of phytoplankton
  • pick holes in — an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
  • pitcher plant — any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped.
  • plagiocephaly — a deformity of the skull in which one side is more developed in the front, and the other side is more developed in the rear.
  • plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • plant hormone — an organic chemical, as auxin, produced by plant cells and functioning at various sites to regulate growth, turning, metabolic processes, etc.
  • platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
  • platycephalic — having a head whose cranial vault is broad or flat.
  • platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
  • play the fool — behave in a silly way
  • play the game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
  • play-the-ball — a method for bringing the ball back into play after a tackle, in which the tackled player is allowed to stand up and kick or heel the ball behind him or her to a team-mate
  • playback head — the part of a tape recorder that is used to pick up the magnetic pattern on tape in order to play back material previously recorded.
  • pleasant hill — a city in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • pocket chisel — any woodworking chisel having a blade of medium length.
  • polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
  • polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
  • polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
  • polygamophile — a person who approves of or countenances polygamy, especially as practiced by others.
  • polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
  • polytechnical — relating to a technical school
  • polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
  • pomme blanche — breadroot.
  • poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
  • prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
  • pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
  • pre-establish — to establish, set up, set out, arrange or make secure in advance or previously
  • preacher curl — a weightlifting exercise for the biceps in which a barbell is lifted by flexing the elbows, with the upper arms resting on an angled bench
  • pressure hull — the inner, pressure-resistant hull of a submarine.
  • private hotel — a residential hotel or boarding house in which the proprietor has the right to refuse to accept a person as a guest, esp a person arriving by chance
  • prohibitively — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
  • prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • psychoanalyse — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
  • psychoanalyze — to investigate or treat by psychoanalysis.
  • psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
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