14-letter words containing p, h, r, e, n, i
- pyriphlegethon — Phlegethon (def 1).
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
- radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
- rhine province — a former province in W Germany, mostly W of the Rhine: now divided between Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine–Westphalia.
- rhinencephalon — the part of the cerebrum containing the olfactory structures.
- riemann sphere — a sphere used for a stereographic projection.
- schizo-phrenic — Psychiatry. of or relating to schizophrenia: Not all of these patients are schizophrenic.
- self-ownership — the state or fact of being an owner.
- sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
- shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
- shipping fever — a respiratory disease of cattle, caused by Pasteurella haemolytica, often spread during the shipment of livestock.
- shoe repairing — the trade of mending shoes
- shooting spree — a series of shootings by a mad person
- shopping spree — frenzied, indulgent buying
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
- siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
- sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
- sleeping chair — a chair of the 17th century, having a high back, usually adjustable, with deep wings of the same height.
- sleeping porch — a porch enclosed with glass or screening or a room with open sides or a row of windows used for sleeping in the open air.
- spanish dagger — a stemless or short-trunked plant, Yucca gloriosa, of the agave family, native to the southeastern U.S., having leaves nearly 2½ feet (75 cm) long, with a stiff, sharp point, and greenish-white or reddish flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide.
- spear-phishing — the practice of sending fraudulent e-mails to extract financial data from computer users for purposes of identity theft, by mimicking a sender that the recipient knows
- spearfisherman — a person who engages in spearfishing.
- special branch — The Special Branch is the department of the British police that is concerned with political security and deals with things such as terrorism and visits by foreign leaders.
- speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
- spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
- spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
- splash erosion — erosion caused by the impact of falling raindrops.
- sporangiophore — a structure bearing sporangia.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
- sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
- spring chicken — a young chicken, especially a broiler or fryer.
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.
- sun-worshipper — someone who worships the sun as a deity
- swedish turnip — rutabaga.
- telephone wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
- the depression — the worldwide economic depression of the early 1930s, when there was mass unemployment
- the prize ring — the sport of prizefighting
- the-pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
- therianthropic — being partly bestial and partly human in form.
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- three-pin plug — an electrical plug with three pins or metal projections to fit into a socket
- threepenny bit — a twelve-sided British coin of nickel-brass, valued at three old pence, obsolete since 1971
- thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
- triphenylamine — a molecule consisting of a nitrogen atom with three phenyl groups attached to it