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

  • 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
  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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)
  • royal charter — authorization by the monarchy
  • safety helmet — protective hard hat
  • schematically — pertaining to or of the nature of a schema, diagram, or scheme; diagrammatic.
  • school system — state education
  • 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.
  • semi-mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
  • seventeenthly — in the seventeenth place
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • 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
  • 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
  • stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.
  • super-wealthy — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
  • superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
  • synthetically — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • tell you what — You say 'Tell you what' to introduce a suggestion or offer.
  • the artillery — the branch of an army specializing in the use of heavy mounted guns
  • the himalayas — a vast mountain system in S Asia, extending 2400 km (1500 miles) from Kashmir (west) to Assam (east), between the valleys of the Rivers Indus and Brahmaputra: covers most of Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and the S edge of Tibet; the highest range in the world, with several peaks over 7500 m (25 000 ft). Highest peak: Mount Everest, 8848 m (29 028 ft)
  • the hyperreal — that which constitutes hyperreality
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • the mayflower — the ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from Plymouth to Massachusetts in 1620
  • theatricality — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
  • theologically — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
  • theoretically — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
  • threateningly — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • thremmatology — the science of breeding or propagating animals and plants under domestication.
  • treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
  • triple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of trisyllabic feet.
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