11-letter words containing p, h, a, l, i
- philatelist — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- philippians — an Epistle written by Paul to the Christian community in Philippi. Abbreviation: Phil.
- philography — the collecting of autographs, especially those of famous persons.
- philologian — a philologist.
- philomathic — relating to or enjoying the process of learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
- phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
- phyllomania — the production of leaves in abnormal numbers or places.
- phyllotaxis — phyllotaxy.
- physicalise — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- physicalism — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- physicalist — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- physicality — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physicalize — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
- pickelhaube — a spiked German helmet from the 19th and 20th centuries
- pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.
- pilot chart — any of a number of charts issued to mariners by the U.S. Hydrographic Office and showing meteorological, hydrographic, and navigational conditions prevailing, or likely to prevail, subsequent to the date of issue in some part of the world: issued monthly for most areas.
- pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
- pinch pleat — a narrow pleat that is usually part of a series at the top of curtains.
- pissasphalt — a sticky semi-liquid form of bitumen that is similar to tar
- pitch plane — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- pitch-black — extremely black or dark as pitch: a pitch-black night.
- planigraphy — an x-ray photograph in which a given plane of the body is well defined and those above and below it purposely out of focus.
- planisphere — a map of half or more of the celestial sphere with a device for indicating the part of a given location visible at a given time.
- platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
- plerophoria — full conviction
- plutarchian — of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- pre-ethical — not governed by ethics, or not having an ethical or moral aspect
- pre-holiday — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- prelateship — the rank of a prelate
- prickly ash — Also called Northern prickly ash, toothache tree. a citrus shrub or small tree, Zanthoxylum americanum, having aromatic leaves and usually prickly branches.
- procephalic — of or relating to the head.
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prophylaxis — Medicine/Medical. the preventing of disease. the prevention of a specific disease, as by studying the biological behavior, transmission, etc., of its causative agent and applying a series of measures against it.
- prothalamia — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothallium — Botany. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
- prothalloid — resembling a prothallus
- psaligraphy — the art of cutting out silhouettes
- psammophile — a plant or animal that thrives in sand
- psychedelia — the realm or artifacts of psychedelic drugs, art, writings, or the like.
- psychically — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences