13-letter words containing p, h, o, s, r
- phytosanitary — of or relating to the health of plants
- pistol shrimp — any common shrimp of the family Alphaeidae, distinguished by the snapping sound made by its enlarged claw.
- platform shoe — a shoe with a platform.
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- polished rice — white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.
- polyarthritis — arthritis occurring in more than one joint.
- porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- posix threads — (programming) (Pthreads) A POSIX standard API that defines a set of C programming language types, functions and constants for creating and manipulating pre-emptive threads. The standard's full name is "POSIX.1c, Threads extensions (IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995)". Implementations are available on many Unix-like POSIX-conformant operating systems such as FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Solaris as well as DR-DOS and Microsoft Windows. Pthreads was designed and implemented in the PART Project (POSIX / Ada-Runtime Project).
- possessorship — to have as belonging to one; have as property; own: to possess a house and a car.
- potato-masher — a kitchen implement used to crush or mash potatoes
- power-sharing — Power-sharing is a political arrangement in which different or opposing groups all take part in government together.
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- preceptorship — an instructor; teacher; tutor.
- premonishment — a forewarning
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- primrose path — a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism, often of a sensual nature: The evangelist exhorted us to avoid the primrose path and stick to the straight and narrow.
- professorship — the office or post of a professor.
- promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- prosectorship — the position or responsibility of a prosector
- prosopography — a study of a collection of persons or characters, especially their appearances, careers, personalities, etc., within a historical, literary, or social context.
- prosthodontia — the branch of dentistry that deals with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth and other oral structures by artificial devices.
- protectorship — a person or thing that protects; defender; guardian.
- protest march — public demonstration
- pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
- psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
- psychographer — a person who writes a psychograph; a psychological or psychographic biographer.
- psychographic — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- psychohistory — history or the writing of history employing the techniques of psychoanalysis to explore motivations, explain actions, etc.
- psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- psychosurgery — treatment of mental disorders by means of brain surgery.
- psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
- psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
- psychrophilic — (esp of bacteria) showing optimum growth at low temperatures
- pyrophosphate — a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- recovery ship — a naval vessel designed to participate in the retrieval of a satellite, instrument package, or spaceship after it has re-entered the atmosphere and landed in the ocean
- rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
- reprographics — reprography.
- reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
- reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rheoreceptors — a receptor of fishes and aquatic amphibians stimulated by water currents.
- rhizomorphous — rootlike in form.
- rosehip syrup — a syrup made from rosehips, used as a cough remedy
- rough passage — a stormy sea journey
- rough sleeper — a homeless person who sleeps rough
- sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
- saratoga chip — potato chip.