11-letter words containing p, h, a, r
- northampton — a city in Northamptonshire, in central England.
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
- nyckelharpa — an old-time Swedish stringed musical instrument, similar to the hurdy-gurdy but sounded with a bow instead of a wheel.
- oarsmanship — The skill of rowing a boat.
- ocean perch — redfish (def 1).
- odontograph — an instrument for laying out the forms of gear teeth or ratchets.
- ommatophore — a tentacle or movable stalk bearing an eye, as in certain snails.
- open-hearth — noting, pertaining to, or produced by the open-hearth process.
- openhearted — Frank and candid.
- opera house — a theater devoted chiefly to operas.
- ophidiarium — an enclosure for snakes, adapted to their normal living conditions
- oral herpes — a disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 1, characterized primarily by a cluster of small, transient blisters chiefly at the edge of the lip or nostril; herpes labialis.
- orphan drug — Pharmacology. a drug that remains undeveloped or untested or is otherwise neglected because of limited potential for commercial gain.
- orthography — the art of writing words with the proper letters, according to accepted usage; correct spelling.
- orthopaedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthopraxia — the correction of deformities; orthopedics.
- orthopteran — orthopterous.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- ostreophage — someone who loves or eats oysters
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
- pachydermia — an abnormal thickening of the skin
- pachydermic — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
- paedotrophy — the art of raising children
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
- pamphleteer — a writer or publisher of pamphlets, especially on controversial issues.
- pan crusher — A pan crusher is a crusher in which solids are broken by a wheel which is turning in a pan.
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- paper birch — a North American birch, Betula papyrifera, having a tough bark and yielding a valuable wood: the state tree of New Hampshire.
- paper chain — a decorative chain of loops of coloured paper
- paper chase — the effort to earn a diploma or college degree, especially in law, or a professional certificate or license.
- paper match — book match.
- paperhanger — a person whose job is covering walls with wallpaper.
- paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- para-phrase — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- parachuting — descent using parachute
- parachutist — sb who makes parachute jumps
- paragrapher — a person who writes very short pieces or fillers for a newspaper.
- paragraphia — a disorder marked by the writing of words or letters other than those intended, or the loss of the ability to express ideas in writing, usually caused by a brain lesion.
- paragraphic — of, relating to, or forming a paragraph.
- paraldehyde — a colorless, liquid, cyclic compound, C 6 H 1 2 O 3 , having a disagreeable taste but an agreeable odor, produced by the polymerization of acetaldehyde with sulfuric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of organic chemicals and in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic.
- paranephric — located near the kidney
- paranephros — the adrenal gland
- paraphernal — (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
- paraphiliac — a person with paraphilia
- paraphraser — a restatement of a text or passage giving the meaning in another form, as for clearness; rewording.
- paraphrasis — paraphrase.
- paraphraxia — the inability to perform purposive movements properly