13-letter words containing p, e, a, h, n
- parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
- parencephalon — a cerebral hemisphere
- parental home — a school for problem children.
- parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parry channel — a water channel in N Canada running between Baffin Bay on the E and the Arctic Ocean on the W: separates the Queen Elizabeth Islands (N) from the rest of the Arctic Archipelago.
- part exchange — If you give an old item in part exchange for something you are buying, the seller accepts the old item as part of the payment, so you do not have to give them as much money.
- parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
- parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
- parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.
- party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
- passchendaele — a village in NW Belgium, in West Flanders province: the scene of heavy fighting during the third battle of Ypres in World War I during which 245 000 British troops were lost
- patent hammer — a hammer for dressing stone, having a head with two faces formed of a number of broad, thin chisels bolted side by side.
- patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
- path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
- pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.
- peanut heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
- pearl-handled — having a handle made of pearl or mother-of-pearl
- pennine chain — a range of hills in N England, extending from the S Midlands to the Cheviot Hills.
- pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
- pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- penthemimeral — (of a caesura) occurring after the first penthemimer of a poetic line, i.e. in the middle of the third foot
- perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- perennibranch — any amphibian that retains its gills throughout its life
- phalansterian — of or relating to a phalanstery.
- phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
- phallocentric — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
- pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- phase encoded — (storage) (PE) A recording method used for 1600 BPI magnetic tapes. Compare NRZI, GCR.
- phenmetrazine — a compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO, used chiefly to control the appetite in the treatment of obesity.
- 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.
- phenomenalism — the doctrine that phenomena are the only objects of knowledge or the only form of reality.
- phenomenality — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phenomenalize — to regard or interpret as a phenomenon.
- phenothiazine — Chemistry. a grayish-green to greenish-yellow, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 2 H 9 NS, used chiefly as an insecticide and vermifuge, and in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals.
- phenylalanine — a crystalline, water-soluble, essential amino acid, C 6 H 5 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, necessary to the nutrition of humans and most animals, obtained chiefly from egg white or skim milk. Symbol: F. Abbreviation: Phe;
- phenylic acid — phenol (def 1).
- phenylmethane — toluene.
- phone hacking — an act or instance of gaining access to a phone's voicemail, email, text messages, etc., without authorization from the phone's owner.
- phone-tapping — Phone-tapping is the activity of listening secretly to someone's phone conversations using special electronic equipment. In most cases phone-tapping is illegal.
- phony disease — a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis.
- phony-baloney — nonsense; baloney.
- phosphokinase — an increase in the amount of creatine phosphokinase that is released into the bloodstream when a muscle becomes injured
- photogelatine — relating to photographic processes in which gelatine is used in receiving or transferring prints
- photonegative — pertaining to a substance, as selenium, having a conductivity that decreases upon absorption of electromagnetic radiation.