11-letter words containing o, h, m
- phycomycete — any of various fungi that resemble algae, as downy mildew.
- phyllomania — the production of leaves in abnormal numbers or places.
- physiognomy — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- 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
- pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.
- pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- pleomorphic — of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.
- pneumathode — a band or pore of aerating tissue, esp along the stipes of ferns
- pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
- podophyllum — the dried rhizome of the May apple, Podophyllum peltatum, from which podophyllin is derived.
- pole hammer — a shafted weapon having a spiked hammer head.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polychotomy — the division of something into multiple parts
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polychromic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
- 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.
- polymorphic — polymorphism
- 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.
- pre-homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- prochronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date earlier than the actual one; prolepsis.
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- 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.
- psammophile — a plant or animal that thrives in sand
- psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.
- pseudomorph — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- psychomancy — occult communication between souls or with spirits.
- 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.
- psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- radiothermy — therapy that utilizes the heat from a shortwave radio apparatus or diathermy machine.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- ramos-horta — José, born 1949, East Timorese resistance leader, political activist (1975–99) during Indonesian occupation, and foreign minister from independence in 2000 to 2006; president since 2007: Nobel prize 1996.
- remand home — a detention home for juvenile offenders aged 8–16 years.
- remote echo — (communications) (Obsolete: "full-duplex") A mode of operation of communicating programs or devices in which the sending system does not display the characters the user enters, but only sends them to the remote system which then "echoes" them back to be displayed to the user. This lets the operator see not only typing errors, but also transmission errors. This is now the usual mode of most systems with remote users. Contrast: local echo.
- rhabdomancy — divination by means of a rod or wand, especially in discovering ores, springs of water, etc.
- rhabdomyoma — a benign tumor made up of striated muscular tissue.
- rhagadiform — of or relating to rhagades
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.