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12-letter words containing p, h, y, r

  • phrontistery — a place or establishment for thinking, studying, or learning
  • phrygian cap — a soft, conical cap represented in ancient Greek art as part of Phrygian dress and associated, since the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the liberty cap.
  • phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
  • physiography — the science of physical geography.
  • physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
  • phytographer — a botanist involved with plant description
  • phytohormone — hormone (def 3).
  • phytophthora — any of a group of fungi of the genus Phytophthora, which cause a serious plant disease, especially affecting apple and pear trees and potatoes.
  • phytotherapy — the use of plants and plant products for medicinal purposes
  • play therapy — a form of psychotherapy used chiefly with children, in which patients act out situations in play that are expressive of their emotional problems, conflicts, etc.
  • play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
  • pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
  • polarography — Chemistry. the use of a Polarograph to perform qualitative or quantitative analyses.
  • policyholder — the individual or firm in whose name an insurance policy is written; an insured.
  • polyarchical — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
  • polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
  • polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
  • polyhistoric — relating to a polyhistor
  • polymorphism — the state or condition of being polymorphous.
  • polymorphous — having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like.
  • polypharmacy — the use of two or more drugs together, usually to treat a single condition or disease.
  • polyrhythmic — the simultaneous occurrence of sharply contrasting rhythms within a composition.
  • polytriglyph — (in classical architecture) an intercolumniation of at least four triglyphs.
  • polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
  • porphyropsin — a purple pigment occurring in the retina of the eye of certain freshwater fishes
  • praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
  • prayer shawl — a tallith.
  • prayer wheel — a wheel or cylinder inscribed with or containing prayers, used chiefly by Buddhists of Tibet.
  • prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
  • prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
  • pro-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
  • proof theory — (logic)   The branch of logic describing procedures for combining logical statements to show, by a series of truth-preserving transformations, that one statement is a consequence of some other statement or group of statements.
  • prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
  • prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
  • propoxyphene — Pharmacology. a nonnarcotic analgesic, C 2 2 H 2 9 NO 2 .
  • prothonotary — a chief clerk or official in certain courts of law.
  • protohistory — a branch of study concerned with the transition period between prehistory and the earliest recorded history.
  • protosynthex — A query system for English text.
  • pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
  • psychiatrist — a physician who practices psychiatry.
  • psychography — the supposed writing of a spirit or medium
  • psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
  • psychotronic — of or relating to a genre of usually low-budget movies that includes horror, fantasy, science-fiction, and underground films.
  • psychotropic — affecting mental activity, behavior, or perception, as a mood-altering drug.
  • psychrometer — an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
  • psychrometry — the employment of the psychrometer.
  • pteridophyte — any plant of the division Pteridophyta, characterized by vascular tissue and differentiation into root, stem, and leaves, comprising the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses.
  • pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
  • pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
  • pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
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