13-letter words containing n, y, m, p, h
- pharmacognosy — materia medica (def 2).
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phenomenology — the study of phenomena.
- phenylmethane — toluene.
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- physharmonica — a keyboard musical instrument fitted with free reeds, and which is an early form of harmonium
- physiognomies — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
- plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
- psychodynamic — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- pyrimethamine — a potent substance, C 1 2 H 1 3 ClN 4 , used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
- pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- 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.
- sprung rhythm — a poetic rhythm characterized by the use of strongly accented syllables, often in juxtaposition, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables in each foot, of which the accented syllable is the essential component.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- unimpeachably — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- with impunity — unpunished
- yachtsmanship — The ability or art of being adept at sailing a yacht.