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13-letter words containing p, h, i, l, o, r

  • photoelectric — pertaining to the electronic or other electric effects produced by light.
  • phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
  • pistol shrimp — any common shrimp of the family Alphaeidae, distinguished by the snapping sound made by its enlarged claw.
  • plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
  • polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
  • polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
  • polychromatic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
  • private hotel — a residential hotel or boarding house in which the proprietor has the right to refuse to accept a person as a guest, esp a person arriving by chance
  • prohibitively — serving or tending to prohibit or forbid something.
  • prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
  • psychrophilic — (esp of bacteria) showing optimum growth at low temperatures
  • pyrheliometer — an instrument for measuring the total intensity of the sun's energy radiation.
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
  • reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
  • rhizocephalan — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
  • river dolphin — any freshwater cetacean of the family Platanistidae, inhabiting rivers of North and South America and S Asia. They are smaller than marine dolphins and have a longer narrower snout
  • shirley poppy — a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.
  • silver polish — a type of polishing medium that is suitable for silver
  • strophiolated — having strophioles, caruncles
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
  • thrombophilia — a condition marked by the tendency to develop blood clots or thrombosis
  • timbrophilist — a person who loves stamps or who collects stamps
  • topographical — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
  • tortilla chip — Tortilla chips are thick crisps made from corn which are often served with dips such as salsa.
  • trophic level — any class of organisms that occupy the same position in a food chain, as primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.
  • tropical fish — any of numerous small, usually brightly colored fishes, indigenous to the tropics, and often kept and bred in home aquariums.
  • typographical — of or relating to typography.
  • uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
  • whippoorwills — Plural form of whippoorwill.
  • xerophthalmia — abnormal dryness of the eyeball characterized by conjunctivitis, caused by a deficiency of tears and attributed to a lack of vitamin A.
  • xerophthalmic — Of or pertaining to xerophthalmia.
  • xiphiplastron — the fourth lateral plate of a turtle's plastron
  • xylographical — Xylographic.
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