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16-letter words containing p, h, o, t, a, s

  • orthosympathetic — Of or pertaining to the sympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system.
  • palmerston north — a city in New Zealand, in the S North Island on the Manawatu River. Pop: 78 100 (2004 est)
  • parrot's-feather — a South American water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum, having hairlike pinnate leaves, widely cultivated as an aquarium plant.
  • pascal's theorem — the theorem that the lines joining adjacent vertices of a hexagon intersect the same straight line if alternate vertices lie on two intersecting straight lines.
  • pay-as-you-throw — denoting a system for waste collection in which households are charged according to the amount of refuse they leave
  • pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
  • people's charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
  • phantasmagorical — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
  • pharmacogenetics — the branch of pharmacology that examines the relation of genetic factors to variations in response to drugs.
  • pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
  • phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
  • philanthropistic — a person who practices philanthropy.
  • phosphor fatigue — screen saver
  • photorespiration — the oxidation of carbohydrates in many higher plants in which they get oxygen from light and then release carbon dioxide, somewhat different from photosynthesis.
  • plainclothes man — a detective or police officer who wears civilian clothes while on duty
  • poitou-charentes — a region of W central France, on the Bay of Biscay: mainly low-lying
  • poor white trash — white trash.
  • pork scratchings — small pieces of crisply cooked pork crackling, eaten cold as an appetizer with drinks
  • port authorities — the body with overall responsibility for a port
  • post-boost phase — the part of a multistage missile flight when the warheads are released.
  • post-elizabethan — of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times: Elizabethan diplomacy; Elizabethan music.
  • postencephalitic — inflammation of the substance of the brain.
  • prognostic chart — a chart showing the predicted state of the atmosphere for a given time in the future.
  • protestant ethic — work ethic.
  • pseudohistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • psychoanalytical — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
  • psychogeriatrics — the psychology of old age.
  • put in mothballs — to postpone work on (a project, activity, etc)
  • rhinopharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and pharynx.
  • saint-john perse — (Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
  • shaft horsepower — the horsepower delivered to the driving shaft of an engine, as measured by a torsion meter. Abbreviation: shp, SHP.
  • sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
  • shorthand typing — shorthand and typing
  • shorthand typist — A shorthand typist is a person who types and writes shorthand, usually in an office.
  • showcase project — a project designed to attract attention and show off the abilities of the people involved in it
  • slap on the back — to congratulate
  • social pathology — a social factor, as poverty, old age, or crime, that tends to increase social disorganization and inhibit personal adjustment.
  • sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
  • sodium phosphate — Also called monobasic sodium phosphate. a white, crystalline, slightly hygroscopic, water-soluble powder, NaH 2 PO 4 , used chiefly in dyeing and in electroplating.
  • soft pornography — soft-core pornography.
  • south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
  • southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
  • southern uplands — a hilly region extending across S Scotland: includes the Lowther, Moorfoot, and Lammermuir hills
  • spanish omelette — an omelette made by adding green peppers, onions, tomato, etc, to the eggs
  • spectroheliogram — a photograph of the sun made with a spectroheliograph.
  • speech pathology — the scientific study and treatment of defects, disorders, and malfunctions of speech and voice, as stuttering, lisping, or lalling, and of language disturbances, as aphasia or delayed language acquisition.
  • sphygmomanometer — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
  • sphygmomanometry — an instrument, often attached to an inflatable air-bladder cuff and used with a stethoscope, for measuring blood pressure in an artery.
  • spotted redshank — a sandpiper, Tringa erythropus, which is a large wader with red legs
  • still photograph — a photograph taken from a cinema film which is used for publicity purposes
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