16-letter words containing p, h, o, t, s
- depth psychology — the study of unconscious motives and attitudes
- devonshire split — a kind of yeast bun split open and served with whipped cream or butter and jam
- diphosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with two units of phosphoric acid.
- diphthongisation — The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong).
- do sth in person — If you do something in person, you do it yourself rather than letting someone else do it for you.
- electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
- electrotherapist — One who administers electrotherapy.
- escutcheon plate — a plate or shield that surrounds a keyhole, door handle, light switch, etc, esp an ornamental one protecting a door or wall surface
- etiopathogenesis — (medicine) The cause and subsequent development of an abnormal condition or of a disease.
- ferrous sulphate — an iron salt with a saline taste, usually obtained as greenish crystals of the heptahydrate, which are converted to the white monohydrate above 100°C: used in inks, tanning, water purification, and in the treatment of anaemia. Formula: FeSO4
- finished product — the product that emerges at the end of a manufacturing process
- first four ships — the earliest settlers' ships to arrive in the Canterbury Province
- flash photolysis — the study of photochemical reaction mechanisms in gases by analyzing spectroscopically the reaction products in a gas mixture irradiated with a powerful light flash.
- furniture polish — product: shines wood
- gastroesophageal — Of or relating to the stomach and to the esophagus.
- general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
- geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
- gerontomorphosis — Biology. evolutionary specialization of a species to a degree that decreases its capability for further adaptation and eventually leads to its extinction.
- graphics adaptor — (hardware, graphics) (Or "graphics adapter", "graphics card", "video adaptor", etc.) A circuit board fitted to a computer, especially an IBM PC, containing the necessary video memory and other electronics to provide a bitmap display. Adaptors vary in the resolution (number of pixels) and number of colours they can display, and in the refresh rate they support. These parameters are also limited by the monitor to which the adaptor is connected. A number of such display standards, e.g. SVGA, have become common and different software requires or supports different sets.
- gum up the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- hayes-compatible — (communications) A description of a modem which understands the same set of commands as one made by Hayes.
- head post office — the main post office in a town
- health food shop — a shop which sells health foods
- health inspector — a public employee who inspects places such as restaurants, shops, factories etc to make sure they are hygienic and do not pose any dangers to health
- heat prostration — heat exhaustion.
- hemotherapeutics — hemotherapy.
- hepatopancreases — Plural form of hepatopancreas.
- high/great hopes — If you have high hopes or great hopes that something will happen, you are confident that it will happen.
- histopathologist — A person involved in histopathology.
- historiographies — Plural form of historiography.
- hit one's straps — to achieve one's full potential or become fully effective
- hospital corners — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- hospital service — the whole organization of government funded hospitals, their staff, and the services they provide
- hospitalizations — Plural form of hospitalization.
- household troops — the infantry and cavalry regiments that carry out escort and guard duties for a head of state
- hubble telescope — a telescope launched into orbit around the earth in 1990 to provide information about the universe in the visible, infrared, and ultraviolet ranges
- hyper-patriotism — devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
- hypercorrections — Plural form of hypercorrection.
- hypercorrectness — The state or condition of being hypercorrect.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hypervitaminosis — an abnormal condition caused by an excessive intake of vitamins.
- hypnagogic state — the drowsy period between wakefulness and sleep, during which fantasies and hallucinations often occur.
- hypocoristically — In a hypocoristic manner.
- hyponitrous acid — an unstable, crystalline acid, H 2 N 2 O 2 .
- hypophosphatemia — (medicine) An electrolyte disturbance in which there is an abnormally low level of phosphate in the blood, most commonly seen when malnourished patients are given large amounts of carbohydrates, creating a high phosphorus demand in the cells of the body.
- hypophysectomies — Plural form of hypophysectomy.
- hypostatic union — (In Cristianity) Christ's condition of being, at the same time, both human and divine
- hypsilophodontid — An informal grouping of small ornithopod dinosaurs, regarded as fast, herbivorous bipeds on the order of 1\u20132 meters long (3.3-6.6 feet).
- ichthyophthirius — ich.
- import surcharge — a tax imposed on all imported goods, adding to any established tariffs