13-letter words containing o, p, h, r, i, t
- opisthography — the practice of writing on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
- oprahfication — the perceived increase in people’s desire to discuss their emotions or personal problems, attributed to the influence of confessional television programmes
- orchestra pit — musicians' seating in front of stage
- orchestra-pit — a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
- ornithophobia — Fear of birds.
- orthocephalic — having a medium or intermediate relation between the height of the skull and the breadth or length.
- orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
- orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
- orthographize — to spell correctly or according to the rules of orthography.
- orthopaedical — Pertaining to orthopaedics; characteristic of orthopaedia.
- orthopinakoid — a crystalline plane
- over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- painted horse — paint (def 6).
- parthian shot — a sharp, telling remark, act, gesture, etc., made in departing.
- past historic — the simple past
- pathomorphism — abnormal morphology.
- perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- petrochemical — a chemical substance obtained from petroleum or natural gas, as gasoline, kerosene, or petrolatum.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- phenobarbital — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
- philanthropic — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
- photo-sharing — the publishing of digital photographs on the internet
- photoallergic — photosensitive.
- photochromism — the reversible transformation of something's colour due to exposure to electromagnetic radiation such as sunlight
- photoelectric — pertaining to the electronic or other electric effects produced by light.
- photofinisher — a person whose profession is photofinishing
- photographing — a picture produced by photography.
- photophoresis — the move away from a strong light source by previously suspended particles in a gas
- photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- phreatophytic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phreatophyte
- phycoerythrin — a red protein pigment occurring in red algae.
- physiotherapy — physical therapy.
- phytonutrient — phytochemical.
- phytosanitary — of or relating to the health of plants
- piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
- picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- pistol shrimp — any common shrimp of the family Alphaeidae, distinguished by the snapping sound made by its enlarged claw.
- plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
- polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
- polychromatic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
- pontchartrain — Lake, a shallow extension of the Gulf of Mexico in SE Louisiana, N of New Orleans. 41 miles (66 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.
- porkpie (hat) — a man's soft hat with a round, flat crown
- posix threads — (programming) (Pthreads) A POSIX standard API that defines a set of C programming language types, functions and constants for creating and manipulating pre-emptive threads. The standard's full name is "POSIX.1c, Threads extensions (IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995)". Implementations are available on many Unix-like POSIX-conformant operating systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris as well as DR-DOS and Microsoft Windows. Pthreads was designed and implemented in the PART Project (POSIX / Ada-Runtime Project).
- preceptorship — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- premonishment — a forewarning
- primary tooth — one of the temporary teeth of a mammal that are replaced by the permanent teeth.
- primrose path — a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism, often of a sensual nature: The evangelist exhorted us to avoid the primrose path and stick to the straight and narrow.
- print-through — the unwanted transfer of a recorded magnetic field pattern from one turn of magnetic tape to the preceding or succeeding turn on a reel, causing distortion