15-letter words containing p, e, r, i, h
- incomprehension — lack of comprehension or understanding: The audience listened politely but with incomprehension.
- incomprehensive — not comprehensive.
- indirect speech — Indirect speech is speech which tells you what someone said, but does not use the person's actual words: for example, 'They said you didn't like it', 'I asked him what his plans were', and 'Citizens complained about the smoke'.
- ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
- inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- interphalangeal — Between phalanges, as with an interphalangeal joint.
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
- irreprehensible — Not reprehensible, blameless, without blame; innocent.
- irreprehensibly — in an irreprehensible manner
- isopropyl ether — a colorless, volatile, flammable, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O, used chiefly as a solvent for waxes, fats, and resins.
- jack the ripper — an unidentified murderer who killed at least seven prostitutes in London's East End between August and November 1888
- jewish princess — JAP.
- john j pershing — John Joseph ("Blackjack") 1860–1948, U.S. general: commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
- joint ownership — sharing of property
- joseph pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- knapping hammer — a hammer used for breaking and shaping stones
- knife-sharpener — a kitchen implement that is used to sharpen knives
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- lexicographical — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- life membership — the fact or condition of being a life member
- low archipelago — a group of French islands in the S Pacific. 332 sq. mi. (860 sq. km).
- lzh compression — (algorithm) (After Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu, the inventors) A compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a sliding window and additional compression applied to the output of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding.
- marital therapy — a psychotherapeutic treatment for married couples, who are seen by a therapist both individually and jointly to assist them in resolving various problems related to their marriage.
- mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
- membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
- merchant prince — a very wealthy or influential merchant.
- metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
- metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
- metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
- metanitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
- microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
- microaerophilic — Of, or relating to a microaerophile.
- microphotometer — a photometer adapted for measuring the intensity of light emitted, transmitted, or reflected by minute objects.
- microphotometry — the use of microphotometers to measure the intensity of light transmitted or reflected by very small areas
- misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
- misapprehension — misunderstanding.
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- more's the pity — If you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.
- morphine addict — a person who is addicted to the drug morphine
- morphophonemics — Also called morphonology, morphophonology. the study of the relations between morphemes and their phonological realizations, components, or mappings.
- mother superior — the head of a Christian religious community for women.
- napier-hastings — a seaport on E North Island, in New Zealand.
- neoarsphenamine — a derivative of arsenic formerly used in treating syphilis
- nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
- nephrolithotomy — incision or opening of a kidney pelvis for removal of a calculus.
- nephrosclerosis — (pathology) arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries.
- neuroepithelial — Of or relating to the neuroepithelium.
- neuroepithelium — Embryology. the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the nervous system.
- neurohypophysis — See under pituitary gland.