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13-letter words containing p, a, t, h, o, l

  • phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
  • phytochemical — Also called phytonutrient. any of various bioactive chemical compounds found in plants, as antioxidants, considered to be beneficial to human health.
  • phytoplankter — a minute organism which constitutes part of phytoplankton
  • phytoplankton — the aggregate of plants and plantlike organisms in plankton.
  • plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
  • plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • plant hormone — an organic chemical, as auxin, produced by plant cells and functioning at various sites to regulate growth, turning, metabolic processes, etc.
  • platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
  • play hob with — to make trouble for; interfere with and make disordered
  • play the fool — behave in a silly way
  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
  • polychromatic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
  • polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
  • polytechnical — relating to a technical school
  • polythalamous — having multiple chambers
  • polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
  • postholocaust — following a holocaust
  • potato blight — fungal disease affecting potatoes
  • poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
  • pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
  • private hotel — a residential hotel or boarding house in which the proprietor has the right to refuse to accept a person as a guest, esp a person arriving by chance
  • prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
  • psychoanalyst — a person trained to practice psychoanalysis.
  • psychotically — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
  • pterylography — the description of the feather arrangement on birds
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
  • rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
  • rotary plough — an implement with a series of blades mounted on a power-driven shaft, used to break up soil or weeds
  • sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
  • scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
  • sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • synophthalmia — cyclopia.
  • syphilization — the act of syphilizing
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • telencephalon — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
  • temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
  • the paleocene — the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks
  • the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
  • the paleozoic — the Paleozoic Era or its rocks
  • the pole star — the star closest to the N celestial pole at any particular time. At present this is Polaris, but it will eventually be replaced by some other star owing to precession of the earth's axis
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