11-letter words containing p, h, o, e
- petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
- phagocytize — (of a phagocyte) to devour (material).
- phagocytose — phagocytize.
- phainopepla — a crested passerine bird, Phainopepla nitens, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- philoctetes — Classical Mythology. a noted archer and squire of Hercules. Bitten by a snake and abandoned on an island because of his festering wound, he was at length brought by the Greeks to Troy, where he recovered and later killed Paris.
- philosopher — a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
- philosophes — any of the popular French intellectuals or social philosophers of the 18th century, as Diderot, Rousseau, or Voltaire.
- phlebectomy — the surgical excision of a vein or part of a vein
- phlebograph — an instrument for recording the venous pulse.
- phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
- phoenixlike — having a resemblance to a phoenix in the sense of re-emerging and beginning again
- phone booth — A phone booth is a place in a station, hotel, or other public building where there is a public telephone.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonemicize — to transcribe into phonemic symbols.
- phonetastic — (communications) A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
- phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- phoneticize — to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.
- phonofiddle — an upright, one-stringed musical instrument which also has a horn that acts as an amplifier, played with a bow whilst held between the knees
- phosphatase — any of several classes of esterases of varying specificity that catalyze the hydrolysis of phosphoric esters.
- phosphatide — phospholipid.
- phosphatize — to treat with phosphates.
- phosphorate — Also, phosphorize. Chemistry. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
- phosphorite — a sedimentary rock sufficiently rich in phosphate minerals to be used as a source of phosphorus for fertilizers.
- phosphorize — phosphorate (def 1).
- photic zone — the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis.
- photo essay — a group of photographs, usually with supplementary text, that conveys a unified story and is published as a book or as a feature in a magazine or newspaper.
- photoactive — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
- photocopier — any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.
- photoionize — to cause to undergo or to undergo photoionization
- photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- photoperiod — the interval in a 24-hour period during which a plant or animal is exposed to light.
- photoreduce — to undergo or to cause to undergo photoreduction
- photoresist — Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.
- photosensor — a photocell used to detect light.
- photosphere — a sphere of light or radiance.
- photostated — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- photosystem — either of two pigment-containing systems, photosystem I or II, in which the light-dependent chemical reactions of photosynthesis occur in the chloroplasts of plants
- phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
- phraseogram — a written symbol or combination of symbols, as in shorthand, used to represent a phrase.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- phycomycete — any of various fungi that resemble algae, as downy mildew.
- phycophaein — a brownish pigment which is found in seaweed
- phylloclade — a flattened stem or branch having the function of a leaf.
- phyllophore — the terminal bud of a stem, especially of the stem of a palm.
- phylloplane — the surface of a leaf considered as a habitat, esp for microorganisms
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature