13-letter words containing p, h, l, s
- chilkoot pass — a mountain pass in North America between SE Alaska and NW British Columbia, over the Coast Range
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- chloroplastal — of or like a chloroplast
- chloroplastic — a plastid containing chlorophyll.
- chorepiscopal — (in early Christianity) relating to or connected with a local bishop
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chosen people — any of various peoples believing themselves to be chosen by God, esp the Jews
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- chylophyllous — having fleshy leaves, as certain desert plants.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clothes-press — a piece of furniture for storing clothes, usually containing wide drawers and a cabinet
- cloud physics — the science of the physical properties and processes of clouds.
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- collectorship — The rank or office of a collector of customs or other taxes.
- counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- cyclostrophic — pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
- dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
- devil worship — the worship of Satan or of a demon
- diencephalons — Plural form of diencephalon.
- disfellowship — (in some Protestant religions) the status of a member who, because of some serious infraction of church policy, has been denied the church's sacraments and any post of responsibility and is officially shunned by other members.
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- doppler shift — (often lowercase) the shift in frequency (Doppler shift) of acoustic or electromagnetic radiation emitted by a source moving relative to an observer as perceived by the observer: the shift is to higher frequencies when the source approaches and to lower frequencies when it recedes.
- drilling ship — a ship provided with drilling equipment and used especially for carrying out test drills
- dysmorphology — The study of genetic defects, especially congenital malformations.
- ecophysiology — the branch of physiology that deals with the physiological processes of organisms with respect to their environment.
- ecopsychology — A form of psychology based on integration with the natural world rather than with society.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electrophiles — Plural form of electrophile.
- electrophones — Plural form of electrophone.
- electrophorus — A device for repeatedly generating static electricity by induction.
- elephant fish — a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii, of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk
- elephant seal — either of two large earless seals, Mirounga leonina of southern oceans or M. angustirostris of the N Atlantic, the males of which have a long trunklike snout
- elephantbirds — Plural form of elephantbird.
- elephantiasis — A condition in which a limb or other part of the body becomes grossly enlarged due to obstruction of the lymphatic vessels, typically by the nematode parasites that cause filariasis.
- entomophilous — (of flowering plants) pollinated by insects
- ephemeralness — The quality of being ephemeral or transitory.
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- extremophiles — Plural form of extremophile.
- fashion plate — a person who consistently wears the latest style in dress.
- feldspathoids — Plural form of feldspathoid.
- fellowshiping — Present participle of fellowship.
- fellowshipped — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
- filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- flesh peddler — a prostitute.
- flesh-peddler — an employment agent or agency, especially one that recruits executives.
- fluophosphate — fluorophosphate.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.