11-letter words containing p, h, a, r
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- petrarchist — a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.
- petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
- phalanstery — the buildings occupied by a phalanx. the community itself.
- phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- pharaoh ant — a red or yellow ant, Monomorium pharaonis, introduced from Europe into North America: a common household pest.
- pharisaical — of or relating to the Pharisees.
- phariseeism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
- pharyngitic — relating to the medical condition of pharyngitis that is characterized by pain and swelling of the pharynx
- pharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx; sore throat.
- philanderer — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- philography — the collecting of autographs, especially those of famous persons.
- phlebograph — an instrument for recording the venous pulse.
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- phonography — phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand.
- phosphorate — Also, phosphorize. Chemistry. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
- photography — the process or art of producing images of objects on sensitized surfaces by the chemical action of light or of other forms of radiant energy, as x-rays, gamma rays, or cosmic rays.
- phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
- phrasemaker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
- phraseogram — a written symbol or combination of symbols, as in shorthand, used to represent a phrase.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
- phthiriasis — crab lice infestation.
- phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
- physiatrics — physical medicine.
- physiatrist — a physician specializing in physical medicine.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- phytography — the branch of botany dealing with the description of plants.
- pictography — the use of pictographs; picture writing.
- picture hat — a woman's hat having a very broad, flexible brim, often decorated with feathers, flowers, or the like.
- 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.
- pin-feather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
- pirate ship — vessel sailed by sea robbers
- placeholder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- plane chart — a chart used in plane sailing, in which the lines of latitude and longitude are straight and parallel
- plane crash — an accident in which an aircraft hits land or water and is damaged or destroyed
- 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.
- plank-sheer — a plank or timber covering the upper ends of the frames of a wooden vessel
- planography — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- planthopper — any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
- plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
- plerophoria — full conviction
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- plutarchian — of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
- pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.