14-letter words containing p, h, o, n, l
- flashing point — flash point (def 1).
- galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
- galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
- graph coloring — graph colouring
- half-lap joint — a joint between two timbers halved together so that a flush surface results.
- halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
- haplodiplontic — (biology, of a life cycle) Having multicellular diploid and haploid stages.
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- hold the phone — not hang up
- holoplanktonic — plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).
- homotransplant — allograft.
- horn of plenty — cornucopia.
- hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hospital train — a military train equipped to transport wounded troops to a hospital.
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- hydroponically — Using hydroponics.
- hydroxyproline — a nutritionally nonessential amino acid, C 5 H 9 NO 3 , found chiefly in collagen.
- hyper-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- hyperemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
- hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
- hypersomnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
- hypersonically — In a hypersonic way.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
- hypomixolydian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the last of the eight scales
- hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
- hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
- inapproachable — not approachable.
- interparochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- japanese holly — an evergreen shrub, Ilex crenata, of Japan, having black fruit and box-shaped foliage, widely grown as an ornamental.
- john q. public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
- kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
- keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
- kitchen police — soldiers detailed by roster or as punishment to assist in kitchen duties.
- lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
- laryngopharynx — the lower part of the pharynx, above the larynx.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- lip microphone — a microphone designed and shaped to be held close to the mouth, for use in noisy environments
- logic-chopping — the use of excessively subtle argument
- lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
- louangphrabang — a city in N Laos, on the Mekong River: former royal capital.
- lymphangiogram — an X-ray of the lymphatic system taken after a contrast agent has been injected, often used to diagnose lymphoma
- lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
- lyophilisation — Alternative spelling of lyophilization.
- lyophilization — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.