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13-letter words containing l, y, e, h

  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • 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
  • 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
  • pterylography — the description of the feather arrangement on birds
  • pyrheliometer — an instrument for measuring the total intensity of the sun's energy radiation.
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • q-methodology — a statistical methodology used by psychologists to identify alternative world-views, opinions, interpretations, etc, in terms of statistically independent patterns of response recognized by clustering together individuals whose orderings of items, typically attitude statements, are similar
  • r-methodology — any statistical methodology in psychology that is contrasted with Q-methodology
  • rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
  • rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
  • rayleigh wave — a wave along the surface of a solid, elastic body, especially along the surface of the earth.
  • reality check — a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
  • remythologize — to mythologize anew, to make a new mythological system out of (an existing one)
  • reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • rheologically — in a rheological manner
  • roller hockey — a game similar to ice hockey played on roller skates.
  • royal charter — authorization by the monarchy
  • safety helmet — protective hard hat
  • scaphocephaly — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
  • schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
  • school system — state education
  • schuylerville — a village in E New York, on the Hudson: scene of Burgoyne's defeat and surrender in the Battle of Saratoga 1777.
  • sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
  • sea hollyhock — a rose mallow, Hibiscus moscheutos.
  • self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
  • semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
  • seventeenthly — in the seventeenth place
  • shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • shirley poppy — a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.
  • silver-y moth — a brownish noctuid moth, Plusia gamma, having a light Y-shaped marking on each forewing; it migrates in large flocks
  • sketchability — the suitability for being sketched
  • sleep hygiene — the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
  • southeasterly — coming from the south east
  • southwesterly — coming from the south west
  • speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
  • sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
  • squash player — a person who plays squash
  • stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
  • sulphonylurea — an antidiabetic drug used in treating type II diabetes, which acts by stimulating the production of insulin in the pancreas
  • super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
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