11-letter words containing p, h, l, s
- chisel plow — a soil tillage device pulled by a tractor or animal, used to break up and stir soil a foot or more beneath the surface without turning it.
- chloroplast — a plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments, occurring in plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis
- chromoplasm — chromatin.
- chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
- cladophylls — Plural form of cladophyll.
- cleethorpes — a resort in E England, in North East Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire. Pop: 31 853 (2001)
- clodhoppers — a large heavy shoe or boot
- closed shop — If a factory, shop, or other business is a closed shop, the employees must be members of a particular trade union.
- clothes peg — A clothes peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
- clothes-peg — a clothespin.
- clothes-pin — a device, such as a forked piece of wood or plastic, for fastening articles to a clothesline.
- clothespins — Plural form of clothespin.
- clothespole — a pole for supporting a clothesline
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- clutch slip — Clutch slip is a faulty condition in which there is not enough friction in the clutch, so that engine speed rises without a corresponding increase in road speed.
- colophonies — Plural form of colophony.
- color phase — a variant, atypical coloration of fur, feathers, skin, etc. occurring in an individual or an animal group
- copublisher — a publisher that publishes a work in conjunction with another publisher
- copyholders — Plural form of copyholder.
- corivalship — the state of being mutual rivals
- cynophilist — a person with a love of dogs
- dealerships — Plural form of dealership.
- delphiniums — Plural form of delphinium.
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- dicephalous — having two heads
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
- disulphuric — pyrosulphuric
- dolphinfish — dolphin (def 2).
- drosophilas — Plural form of drosophila.
- enkephalins — Plural form of enkephalin.
- ensepulcher — (transitive) To lay in a sepulcher; to entomb.
- ensepulchre — to place into a sepulchre
- eosinophile — easily stained by eosin
- eosinophils — Plural form of eosinophil.
- epiphyllous — (of plants) growing on, or attached to, the leaf of another plant
- episulphide — (organic chemistry) A class of organic compound analogous to epoxides in which a sulphur atom replaces the oxygen.
- epithalamus — A part of the dorsal forebrain including the pineal gland and a region in the roof of the third ventricle of the brain.
- feldspathic — of, relating to, or containing feldspar.
- fellowships — Plural form of fellowship.
- fire-polish — to smooth (glass) by reheating to remove tool marks or other imperfections in the surface.
- flash eprom — Flash Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
- flash point — Also, flashing point. Physical Chemistry. the lowest temperature at which a liquid in a specified apparatus will give off sufficient vapor to ignite momentarily on application of a flame.
- flashpacker — a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income
- flashpoints — Plural form of flashpoint.
- flower shop — a shop where flowers and pot plants are sold
- generalship — skill as commander of a large military force or unit.
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- god help us — If you say God help us, you mean that you have negative feelings about the person or situation you are talking about.
- gospel oath — an oath sworn on the Gospels