16-letter words containing p, e, o, y
- hydrophyllaceous — belonging to the Hydrophyllaceae, the waterleaf family of plants.
- hygrothermograph — an instrument for recording temperature and relative humidity.
- hyper-conformity — action in accord with prevailing social standards, attitudes, practices, etc.
- hyper-patriotism — devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
- hyperaccumulator — a plant that absorbs toxins, such as heavy metals, to a greater concentration than that in the soil in which it is growing
- hyperandrogenism — (medicine) An abnormally high production of androgens.
- hyperchlorhydria — excessive secretion of hydrochloric acid in the stomach.
- hypercompetitive — Extremely competitive.
- hyperconjugation — (organic chemistry) A weak form of conjugation in which single bonds interact with a conjugated system.
- hypercorrections — Plural form of hypercorrection.
- hypercorrectness — The state or condition of being hypercorrect.
- hyperinnervation — the act of innervating; state of being innervated.
- hyperlipoidaemia — Alt form hyperlipoidemia.
- hyperoxygenation — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hyperthermophile — (biology) An organism that lives and thrives in an extremely hot environment, such as a deep sea smoker vent; often a member of the Archaea.
- hyperventilation — excessively rapid and deep breathing.
- hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
- hypnagogic image — an image experienced by a person just before falling asleep, which often resembles a hallucination
- hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
- hypoaeolian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E, with the final on A.
- hypoalimentation — insufficient or inadequate nourishment.
- hypophosphatemia — (medicine) An electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of phosphate in the blood, most commonly seen when malnourished patients are given large amounts of carbohydrates, creating a high phosphorus demand in the cells of the body.
- hypophysectomies — Plural form of hypophysectomy.
- incomprehensibly — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- induced topology — a topology of a subset of a topological space, obtained by intersecting the subset with every open set in the topology of the space.
- insurance policy — contract that insures sth
- interoperability — capable of being used or operated reciprocally: interoperable weapons systems.
- irresponsibility — said, done, or characterized by a lack of a sense of responsibility: His refusal to work shows him to be completely irresponsible.
- isopropylbenzene — cumene.
- keep an eye open — to watch with special attention (for)
- key note speaker — a person who delivers a keynote address.
- kidney corpuscle — Malpighian corpuscle.
- lady of pleasure — a prostitute.
- lay oneself open — to make oneself vulnerable (to criticism, attack, etc)
- literacy project — a project, plan or scheme to increase literacy in a country, area, etc
- lord proprietary — (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony
- make a photocopy — If you make a photocopy of a document, you make a copy of it using a photocopier.
- many-plumed moth — a moth of the species, Alucita hexadactyla
- megaphanerophyte — any tree with a height over 30 metres
- methyl parathion — a synthetic pesticide, C 8 H 1 0 NO 5 PS, used in the control of mites and various insects, as aphids, boll weevils, and cutworms.
- microgametophyte — (biology) Any gametophyte that develops from a microspore.
- monterey cypress — a tree, Cupressus macrocarpa, of southern California, being pyramid-shaped in youth, but spreading in age: occurs naturally in only two groves on the coast of Monterey County, California, but is cultivated extensively.
- mortgage company — business providing loans to property buyers
- mortgage payment — instalment paid on a housebuyer's loan
- multiple myeloma — a malignant plasma cell tumor of the bone marrow that destroys bone tissue.
- myelosuppression — (medicine) A reduction of bone marrow activity that leads to a lower concentration of platelets, red blood cells and white blood cells.
- network topology — (networking) The "shape" of a network, how the nodes are connected to each other. Common topologies are bus network, star network and ring network.
- neuroarthropathy — (medicine) Any disease of a joint that is associated with a disease of the nervous system.
- neurohypophyseal — Relating to the neurohypophysis.