11-letter words containing p, h, e, a
- lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
- lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
- lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
- lappet moth — a large purple-brown hairy eggar moth, Gastropacha quercifolia, whose grey furry caterpillars have lappets on each flank
- leader-ship — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaderships — Plural form of leadership.
- leaf-hopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- levorphanol — a potent synthetic narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 7 , as the tartrate, used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain.
- lexigraphic — Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
- lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
- light opera — operetta.
- lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
- linguaphile — a language and word lover.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- lump hammer — a heavy hammer used for driving stakes or breaking stone
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- macrophages — Plural form of macrophage.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- magpie moth — a geometrid moth, Abraxas grossulariata, showing variable patterning in black on white or yellow, whose looper larvae attack currant and gooseberry bushes. The paler clouded magpie is A. sylvata
- managership — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- manila hemp — a fibrous material made from the leafstalks of the abacá, Musa textilis, used for making ropes, fabrics, etc.
- manure heap — a pile of animal excreta, esp on a farm, kept for use as fertiliser
- maple honey — maple syrup.
- massey hope — (language, functional programming) A refinement of Hope+C by Nigel Perry <[email protected]> of Massey University, NZ, with improved syntax.
- match plate — a plate on which patterns are set to be molded.
- megacephaly — macrocephalic.
- megaphoning — Present participle of megaphone.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- menaphthone — Menadione.
- mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
- messiahship — the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metanephroi — Plural form of metanephros.
- metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors
- metaphorize — To describe something using metaphors.
- metaphrased — Translated literally.
- metaphrases — Plural form of metaphrase.
- metaphrasis — a metaphrase
- metaphrasts — Plural form of metaphrast.
- metaphysics — metaphysics.
- metapsychic — relating to metapsychics
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly