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13-letter words containing n, e, p, h, r

  • cochairperson — a person who cochairs an organization
  • commandership — a person who commands.
  • comprehendeth — Archaic third-person singular form of comprehend.
  • comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • comprehension — Comprehension is the ability to understand something.
  • comprehensive — Something that is comprehensive includes everything that is needed or relevant.
  • concert pitch — the frequency of 440 hertz assigned to the A above middle C
  • confessorship — the office or function of a confessor
  • conidiophores — Plural form of conidiophore.
  • coniferophyte — (biology) conifer.
  • containership — a ship specially designed or equipped for carrying containerized cargo
  • copartnership — a partnership or association between two equals, esp in a business enterprise
  • counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
  • counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
  • crow-pheasant — a large coucal, Centropus sinensis, of Asia, having black and brown plumage and a long tail.
  • cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
  • cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
  • dance therapy — the use of dance or movement for therapeutic purposes; a form of therapy in which people are encouraged to express their feelings through dance or movement.
  • dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
  • dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
  • depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
  • diaphanometer — an instrument used to measure transparency, esp of the atmosphere
  • dinitrophenol — any of the six isomers consisting of phenol where two hydrogen atoms are substituted by nitro groups, C 6 H 4 N 2 O 5 , used in dyes and wood preservatives, and in biochemistry to uncouple oxidative phosphorylation.
  • drop shipment — a shipment of goods made directly from the manufacturer to the retailer or consumer but billed through the wholesaler or distributor.
  • dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
  • electrophones — Plural form of electrophone.
  • electrophonic — Relating to electronic equipment to produce sound (this adjectival sense is not comparable).
  • elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
  • enantiomorphs — Plural form of enantiomorph.
  • enantiomorphy — the state of being enantiomorphic
  • encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
  • enterohepatic — Relating to or denoting the circulation of bile salts and other secretions from the liver to the intestine, where they are reabsorbed into the blood and returned to the liver.
  • enteropathies — Plural form of enteropathy.
  • ephemeralness — The quality of being ephemeral or transitory.
  • epitrachelion — The liturgical vestment worn by priests and bishops of the Orthodox Church as the symbol of their priesthood, corresponding to the Western stole.
  • ethnographers — Plural form of ethnographer.
  • ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
  • ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
  • euler-chelpin — Hans (Karl August) von. 1873–1964, Swedish biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1929) with Sir Arthur Harden for their work on enzymes: father of Ulf von Euler
  • free enthalpy — a thermodynamic property of a system equal to the difference between its enthalpy and the product of its temperature and its entropy. It is usually measured in joules
  • freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
  • french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
  • french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
  • french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
  • gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
  • gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
  • gopher client — (networking)   A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
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