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13-letter words containing p, h, i, m, o

  • poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
  • poker machine — a fruit machine
  • polychromatic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
  • polycythaemia — an abnormal condition of the blood characterized by an increase in the number of red blood cells. It can occur as a primary disease of unknown cause (polycythaemia vera or erythraemia) or in association with respiratory or circulatory diseases
  • polygamophile — a person who approves of or countenances polygamy, especially as practiced by others.
  • pompon dahlia — a cultivated variety of the dahlia flower, with a small globelike flower head
  • post-midnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
  • premonishment — a forewarning
  • primary tooth — one of the temporary teeth of a mammal that are replaced by the permanent teeth.
  • primrose path — a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism, often of a sensual nature: The evangelist exhorted us to avoid the primrose path and stick to the straight and narrow.
  • promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
  • psammophilous — living or growing in sand
  • psychodynamic — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
  • psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
  • psychomimetic — psychotomimetic.
  • psychosomatic — of or relating to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors.
  • psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
  • pyrheliometer — an instrument for measuring the total intensity of the sun's energy radiation.
  • rhizomorphous — rootlike in form.
  • shipping room — a place in a business concern where goods are packed and shipped.
  • shop chairman — a unionized employee elected to represent a shop, department, or the like, in dealings with an employer.
  • shopping mall — mall (def 1).
  • somatopsychic — of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
  • spanish broom — a spiny, often leafless shrub, Genista hispanica, of the legume family, native to southern Europe, having clustered, golden-yellow flowers and hairy pods.
  • sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
  • spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
  • sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
  • sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
  • symphysiotomy — a surgical procedure to facilitate labour
  • synophthalmia — cyclopia.
  • theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
  • theriomorphic — (of deities) thought of or represented as having the form of beasts.
  • thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • thermospheric — pertaining to the thermosphere
  • thermotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
  • thigmotropism — oriented growth of an organism in response to mechanical contact, as a plant tendril coiling around a string support.
  • thrombophilia — a condition marked by the tendency to develop blood clots or thrombosis
  • timbrophilist — a person who loves stamps or who collects stamps
  • topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
  • trophotropism — the response by an organism or cell to, or the movement of an organism or cell towards or away from, an external source of nutrition
  • 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.
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