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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.
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