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

  • spanish onion — a large-sized, mild, succulent onion, often eaten raw.
  • spanish topaz — citrine (def 2).
  • sphagnicolous — growing in moss
  • sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
  • sphenoid bone — the large butterfly-shaped compound bone at the base of the skull, containing a protective depression for the pituitary gland
  • spheristerion — an area designated for ballplay
  • 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.
  • spiny dogfish — any of several dogfish sharks of the genus Squalus, having a spine in front of each of the two dorsal fins, especially S. acanthias, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters.
  • spokesmanship — the office or skilful use of the office of spokesman
  • sportsmanship — the character, practice, or skill of a sportsman.
  • spot lighting — Spot lighting is lighting directed towards and used to draw attention to a product or display.
  • standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
  • super-heroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
  • synecphonesis — the fusion of two syllables into one
  • synophthalmia — cyclopia.
  • syphilization — the act of syphilizing
  • taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • thanatophobia — an abnormal fear of death.
  • the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
  • the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
  • theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
  • thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
  • three-pointer — Basketball. a field goal worth three points, made from behind a specified line (three-point line)
  • tip one's hat — to take off, raise, or touch one's hat in salutation
  • township line — Surveying. one of two parallel lines running east and west that define the north and south borders of a township. Compare range line, township (def 2).
  • truchet point — (unit, text)   An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
  • turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
  • unreproaching — not reproaching or blaming
  • upper chinook — a Chinookan language of the Columbia River valley from the Deschutes River to the estuary.
  • upright piano — a piano with an upright rectangular body and with its strings running vertically. Compare spinet (def 1).
  • vapourishness — the quality or state of being vapourish
  • whip scorpion — any of numerous arachnids of the order Uropygi, of tropical and warm temperate regions, resembling a scorpion but having an abdomen that ends in a slender, nonvenomous whip.
  • whipping post — a post to which persons are tied to undergo whipping as a legal penalty.
  • xiphiplastron — the fourth lateral plate of a turtle's plastron
  • zinjanthropus — the genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned.
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