15-letter words containing p, a, c, h, l, i
- mental handicap — learning disability
- metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
- microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
- microaerophilic — Of, or relating to a microaerophile.
- microphysically — in a microphysical manner
- morphologically — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- nonbiographical — not biographical, not relating to biography or events in a person's life
- nonmetaphorical — not metaphorical; literal
- nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
- ophthalmoscopic — Of, pertaining to or using an ophthalmoscope.
- orthopaedically — in an orthopaedic manner
- package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
- palaeoanthropic — relating to palaeoanthropology
- paleogeophysics — (used with a plural verb) inferred geophysical conditions or processes of designated periods of the geologic past.
- paleolithic man — any of the prehistoric populations of humans, as the Cro-Magnon, living in the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs.
- paraheliotropic — (of leaves) turning away from light; sun-avoiding
- parenthetically — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- parhelic circle — a white, horizontal band passing through the sun, either incomplete or extending around the horizon, produced by the reflection of the sun's rays from the vertical faces of ice prisms in the atmosphere.
- patchwork quilt — cover sewn from patches of cloth
- pavel petrovich — Paul I (def 2).
- perchloric acid — a colorless, syrupy hygroscopic liquid, HClO 4 , an acid of chlorine containing one more oxygen atom than chloric acid: used chiefly as a reagent in analytical chemistry.
- pharmacological — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- phenomenalistic — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- philanthropical — of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent: a philanthropic foundation.
- philosophically — of or relating to philosophy: philosophical studies.
- phonogramically — in a phonogramic manner
- photoelasticity — the phenomenon of double refraction of polarized light by a transparent substance under elastic stress, used to measure strain in elastic, transparent materials.
- photomechanical — noting or pertaining to any of various processes for printing from plates or surfaces prepared by the aid of photography.
- phototactically — in a phototactic manner
- phototropically — in a phototropic manner
- phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
- physical change — a usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance, as size or shape: Freezing a liquid is a physical change.
- physical memory — (memory management) The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
- physical optics — the branch of optics concerned with the wave properties of light, the superposition of waves, the deviation of light from its rectilinear propagation in a manner other than that considered by geometrical optics, the interaction of light with matter, and the quantum, corpuscular aspects of light.
- physicalization — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- physicochemical — physical and chemical: the physicochemical properties of an isomer.
- physiologically — of or relating to physiology.
- phytochemically — in a phytochemical manner
- pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
- pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
- pinball machine — the tablelike, usually coin-operated machine on which pinball is played.
- pitch blackness — extreme darkness; lack of light
- plain chocolate — dark eating chocolate
- plainclothesman — a police officer, especially a detective, who wears ordinary civilian clothes while on duty.
- play havoc with — bring chaos to
- pleochroic halo — a dark-colored, microscopic ring around a minute radioactive particle in certain mineral crystals, used in estimating the age of the rocks containing these crystals
- polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
- polymorphically — in a polymorphic manner