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15-letter words containing p, h, y, l, e

  • peroxysulphuric — as in peroxysulphuric acid
  • phenyl valerate — a colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 1 1 H 1 4 O 2 , used chiefly in flavoring and perfumery.
  • phenylene group — any of three bivalent, isomeric groups having the formula –C 6 H 4 –, derived from benzene by the removal of two hydrogen atoms.
  • phenylhydrazine — a yellow, poisonous liquid or low-melting solid, C 6 H 8 N 2 , used in chemical analysis and organic synthesis.
  • phenylketonuria — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
  • phenylketonuric — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
  • phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
  • photoelasticity — the phenomenon of double refraction of polarized light by a transparent substance under elastic stress, used to measure strain in elastic, transparent materials.
  • phototelegraphy — facsimile (def 2a).
  • phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
  • physical change — a usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance, as size or shape: Freezing a liquid is a physical change.
  • physical memory — (memory management)   The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
  • physicochemical — physical and chemical: the physicochemical properties of an isomer.
  • phytochemically — in a phytochemical manner
  • phytoflagellate — any microscopic flagellate that is photosynthetic.
  • pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
  • platyhelminthes — a phylum of worms having bilateral symmetry and a soft, usually flattened body, comprising the flatworms.
  • play the market — to speculate on a stock exchange
  • plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • polychloroprene — a chloroprene polymer
  • polyphemus moth — a large, yellowish-brown American silkworm moth, Antheraea polyphemus, having a prominent eyespot on each hind wing and feeding on cherry, apple, and other trees.
  • polyphloesboean — noisy
  • propionaldehyde — a colorless, water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 6 O, having a pungent odor: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics.
  • propyl aldehyde — a colorless, water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 6 O, having a pungent odor: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics.
  • propylhexedrine — a colorless, adrenergic, water-soluble liquid, C 1 0 H 2 N, used by inhalation as a nasal decongestant.
  • psychedelically — of or noting a mental state characterized by a profound sense of intensified sensory perception, sometimes accompanied by severe perceptual distortion and hallucinations and by extreme feelings of either euphoria or despair.
  • psychedelicware — /si:"k*-del"-ik-weir/ [UK] Synonym display hack. See also smoking clover.
  • pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
  • radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
  • release therapy — psychotherapy in which the patient finds emotional release in the expression of hostilities and emotional conflicts.
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • self-hypnotized — hypnotized by oneself.
  • shove-halfpenny — a shuffleboard game played with coins or brass disks that are pushed by the hand and thumb down a board toward a scoring pit.
  • sophisticatedly — (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise; not naive: a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of an experienced journalist.
  • strephosymbolia — a condition of perceiving objects as their mirror image and, specifically, having difficulty in distinguishing letters in words
  • sully-prudhomme — René François Armand [ruh-ney frahn-swa ar-mahn] /rəˈneɪ frɑ̃ˈswa arˈmɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1839–1907, French poet: Nobel prize 1901.
  • sulphinpyrazone — a uricosuric drug with molecular formula C23H20N2O3S, used in the treatment of chronic gout
  • sympathetically — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
  • telegraphically — of or relating to the telegraph.
  • telephotography — photography of distant objects, using a telephoto lens.
  • thalassotherapy — the use of sea water and marine products as a therapeutic treatment
  • the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
  • therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • to fly the coop — If you say that someone has flown the coop, you mean that they have left a place or situation that limits their freedom.
  • u-shaped valley — a steep-sided valley caused by glacial erosion
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • vine phylloxera — a homopterous insect, Phylloxera vitifolia, typically feeding on vine juices
  • whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
  • xerographically — In a xerographic way; by xerography.
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