11-letter words containing m, o, t, h, p
- phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- photo album — bound book for photos
- photo-mount — a heavy paper or board suitable for mounting photographs.
- photochromy — a former technique of color photography.
- photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
- photosystem — either of two pigment-containing systems, photosystem I or II, in which the light-dependent chemical reactions of photosynthesis occur in the chloroplasts of plants
- phycomycete — any of various fungi that resemble algae, as downy mildew.
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- phytochrome — a plant pigment that is associated with the absorption of light in the photoperiodic response and that may regulate various types of growth and development.
- phytotomist — someone who studies or who is an expert in phytotomy
- pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
- pneumathode — a band or pore of aerating tissue, esp along the stipes of ferns
- polychotomy — the division of something into multiple parts
- polylithism — (programming) A property of a data-object that can exist in many shapes and sizes, but not simultaneously; which distinguishes it from a union. It is often implemented as a set of classes (or structs) derived from a common base class (or with a common header, as in the case of structs), typically without any methods. It has been loosely described as polymorphic data.
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- potato moth — a gelechiid moth, Phthorimaea operculella, the larvae of which feed on the leaves and bore into the tubers of potatoes and other solanaceous plants.
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prothalamia — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothallium — Botany. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
- prothrombin — a plasma protein involved in blood coagulation that on activation by factors in the plasma is converted to thrombin.
- protophloem — the part of the primary phloem that develops first, consisting of narrow, thin-walled cells.
- psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychomotor — of or relating to a response involving both motor and psychological components.
- rheotropism — the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- shoot'em-up — a book, film, TV show, video game, etc. characterized by much violent content, gunplay, etc., esp. one in the western, crime, or war genres
- shoot-em-up — A shoot-em-up is a computer game that involves shooting and killing characters.
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
- spermophyte — spermatophyte.
- spherometer — an instrument for measuring the curvature of spheres and curved surfaces.
- sphinx moth — hawk moth.
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- supersmooth — exceptionally smooth
- symphonette — a small symphony orchestra that usually specializes in playing short, familiar classical works or salon music.
- taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
- tcp theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
- theomorphic — having the form or likeness of God or a deity.
- thermograph — a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.
- thermophile — a thermophilic organism.
- thermophone — an electroacoustic transducer that forms sound waves by the expansion and contraction of the air adjacent to a conductor that varies in temperature according to the magnitude of the current passing through it; formerly used to calibrate microphones.
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.