11-letter words containing p, h, o, n
- orthopteran — orthopterous.
- orthopteron — an orthopterous insect.
- outpouching — (pathology) evagination.
- oxymorphone — a potent semisynthetic morphine-derived narcotic analgesic, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 4 , used as a substitute for morphine.
- ozonosphere — Meteorology. the layer of the upper atmosphere where most atmospheric ozone is concentrated, from about 8 to 30 miles (12 to 48 km) above the earth, with the maximum ozone concentration occurring at an altitude of about 12 miles (19 km).
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- panel house — a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.
- panomphaean — understood universally
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- pantheonize — to place, especially to bury, in a pantheon: The author will be pantheonized following the funeral mass.
- pantothenic — denoting an acid which is a growth-promoting vitamin of vitamin B complex
- paphlagonia — an ancient country and Roman province in N Asia Minor, on the S coast of the Black Sea.
- paranephros — the adrenal gland
- parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- patron-ship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patroonship — a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
- pentahedron — a solid figure having five faces.
- phainopepla — a crested passerine bird, Phainopepla nitens, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- phallotoxin — any of a group of potent mycotoxins produced by certain mushroom species of the genus Amanita.
- 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.
- pharaoh ant — a red or yellow ant, Monomorium pharaonis, introduced from Europe into North America: a common household pest.
- philologian — a philologist.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- 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.
- phoniatrics — the study and treatment of voice disorders.
- 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
- phonography — phonetic spelling, writing, or shorthand.
- phonologist — a specialist in phonology.
- phonophobia — an intense fear of noises
- phonotactic — of or relating to phonotactics: Phonotactic constraints in English prevent the occurrence of the consonant clusters (sr) and (dl) at the beginning of words.
- phosphonium — the positively charged group PH 4 + .
- photic zone — the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis.
- photo-mount — a heavy paper or board suitable for mounting photographs.
- photoionize — to cause to undergo or to undergo photoionization
- photophonic — of, relating to, or having the properties of a photophone
- photoproton — a proton emitted from a nucleus during photodisintegration.
- photosensor — a photocell used to detect light.
- phycocyanin — a blue protein pigment, found in algae, involved in the process of photosynthesis.