11-letter words containing p, h, o, s, r, e
- metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- microsphere — a very small medical particle, containing a diagnostic or therapeutic agent, that is injected into the blood
- mimeographs — Plural form of mimeograph.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- monostrophe — a poem in which all the strophes or stanzas are of the same metrical form.
- mother ship — a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
- motherships — Plural form of mothership.
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- nanospheres — Plural form of nanosphere.
- nephrolepis — any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- nephroscope — (surgery) An instrument used to examine the kidney through an inserted tube.
- nephrostome — Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- neutrosophy — (philosophy) (From Latin "neuter" - neutral, Greek "sophia" - skill/wisdom) A branch of philosophy, introduced by Florentin Smarandache in 1980, which studies the origin, nature, and scope of neutralities, as well as their interactions with different ideational spectra. Neutrosophy considers a proposition, theory, event, concept, or entity, "A" in relation to its opposite, "Anti-A" and that which is not A, "Non-A", and that which is neither "A" nor "Anti-A", denoted by "Neut-A". Neutrosophy is the basis of neutrosophic logic, neutrosophic probability, neutrosophic set, and neutrosophic statistics.
- north slope — the northern coastal area of Alaska, rich in oil and natural gas: so called because it is N of the Brooks Range sloping down to the Arctic Ocean.
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
- officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- opera house — a theater devoted chiefly to operas.
- oral herpes — a disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 1, characterized primarily by a cluster of small, transient blisters chiefly at the edge of the lip or nostril; herpes labialis.
- orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopedist — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- ostreophage — someone who loves or eats oysters
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- 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.
- paranephros — the adrenal gland
- parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
- pea-shooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
- pechora sea — the SE part of the Barents Sea, northwest of Russia
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- 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).
- philosopher — a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.