15-letter words containing m, o, t, h, p
- photomacrograph — a photograph showing a subject at actual size or somewhat larger.
- photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
- photomicrograph — a photograph taken through a microscope.
- photomicroscope — a microscope having an illuminator and a camera mechanism for producing a photomicrograph.
- photomultiplier — an extremely sensitive detector of light and of other radiation, consisting of a tube in which the electrons released by radiation striking a photocathode are accelerated, greatly amplifying the signal obtainable from small quantities of radiation.
- phytochemically — in a phytochemical manner
- plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
- plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
- plymouth colony — the colony established in SE Massachusetts by the Pilgrims in 1620.
- pneumatotherapy — the use of compressed or rarefied air in treating disease.
- poikilothermism — the state or quality of being cold-blooded, as fishes and reptiles.
- polyphemus moth — a large, yellowish-brown American silkworm moth, Antheraea polyphemus, having a prominent eyespot on each hind wing and feeding on cherry, apple, and other trees.
- 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
- posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
- power macintosh — Power Mac
- protonephridium — a tubular, excretory structure in certain invertebrates, as flatworms, rotifers, and some larvae, usually ending internally in flame cells and having an external pore
- provost marshal — Army. an officer on the staff of a commander, charged with the maintaining of order and with other police functions within a command.
- psychochemistry — the treatment of mental illnesses by drugs
- psychotomimetic — (of a substance or drug) tending to produce symptoms like those of a psychosis; hallucinatory.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- put sb to shame — If someone puts you to shame, they make you feel ashamed because they do something much better than you do.
- put the make on — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
- sodium sulphate — a solid white substance that occurs naturally as thenardite and is usually used as the white anhydrous compound (salt cake) or the white crystalline decahydrate (Glauber's salt) in making glass, detergents, and pulp. Formula: Na2SO4
- somatic therapy — any of a group of treatments presumed to act on biological factors leading to mental illness.
- spanish customs — irregular practices among a group of workers to gain increased financial allowances, reduced working hours, etc
- spectrochemical — of, relating to, or utilizing the techniques of spectrochemistry.
- spirochaetaemia — the presence of spirochaetes in the blood
- stigmatophilist — a person who has stigmatophilia
- strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
- sumatra camphor — borneol.
- swamp white oak — an oak, Quercus bicolor, of eastern North America, yielding a hard, heavy wood used in shipbuilding, for making furniture, etc.
- sympathetectomy — sympathectomy.
- sympathomimetic — mimicking stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- symphony writer — a composer of an extended large-scale orchestral composition, usually with several movements, at least one of which is in sonata form
- the prime mover — God, esp when considered as a first cause
- theatre company — an organization that produces theatrical performances
- theriomorphosis — transformation into an animal form, often associated with mythological characters
- thermobarograph — a device that simultaneously records the temperature and pressure of the atmosphere
- thermogeography — the study of the geographical variation and distribution of temperature.
- thermoperiodism — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
- thomas à kempis — Thomas à, 1379?–1471, German ecclesiastic and author.
- to jump the gun — If you jump the gun, you do something before everyone else or before the proper or right time.
- topographic map — a map showing topographic features, usually by means of contour lines.
- washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits