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13-letter words containing p, h, o, t, c, n

  • photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • photoelectron — an electron emitted from a system by the photoelectric effect.
  • photoreaction — a chemical reaction that involves or requires light.
  • phycoerythrin — a red protein pigment occurring in red algae.
  • phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
  • phytocoenosis — the plants of a given area considered as a whole.
  • piano teacher — tutor of piano-playing
  • picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
  • pitching tool — a masonry chisel for rough work
  • plain-clothes — Plain-clothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • polysynthetic — (of a language) characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings. Many American Indian languages are polysynthetic. Compare analytic (def 3), synthetic (def 3).
  • polytechnical — relating to a technical school
  • pontchartrainLake, a shallow extension of the Gulf of Mexico in SE Louisiana, N of New Orleans. 41 miles (66 km) long; 25 miles (40 km) wide.
  • post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
  • presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
  • promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
  • psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
  • psychoanalyst — a person trained to practice psychoanalysis.
  • psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
  • psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
  • scotch plains — a township in NE New Jersey.
  • shopping cart — a four-wheeled cart provided by a supermarket or other retail store for a customer's use in collecting purchases.
  • standing chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop with the log standing upright
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • telencephalon — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • the paleocene — the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks
  • the provinces — those parts of a country lying outside the capital and other large cities and regarded as outside the mainstream of sophisticated culture
  • throw a punch — try to hit sb
  • truchet point — (unit, text)   An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
  • twopenceworth — an unwanted or unsolicited idea or opinion
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