13-letter words containing p, h, y, s
- psychobiology — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
- psychodynamic — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- psychogenesis — genesis of the psyche.
- psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
- psychographer — a person who writes a psychograph; a psychological or psychographic biographer.
- psychographic — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- psychohistory — history or the writing of history employing the techniques of psychoanalysis to explore motivations, explain actions, etc.
- psychokinesis — the purported ability to move or deform inanimate objects, as metal spoons, through mental processes.
- psychological — of or relating to psychology.
- psychometrics — the measurement of mental traits, abilities, and processes.
- psychomimetic — psychotomimetic.
- psychophysics — the branch of psychology that deals with the relationships between physical stimuli and resulting sensations and mental states.
- psychosomatic — of or relating to a physical disorder that is caused by or notably influenced by emotional factors.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- psychosurgery — treatment of mental disorders by means of brain surgery.
- psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
- psychotically — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- psychrometric — relating to psychrometry
- psychrophilic — (esp of bacteria) showing optimum growth at low temperatures
- pussy-whipped — (of a woman) to dominate or control (a romantic partner); henpeck.
- pyrophosphate — a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.
- pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
- recovery ship — a naval vessel designed to participate in the retrieval of a satellite, instrument package, or spaceship after it has re-entered the atmosphere and landed in the ocean
- rosehip syrup — a syrup made from rosehips, used as a cough remedy
- scaphocephaly — premature closure of the sagittal suture resulting in a deformed skull having an elongated, keellike shape.
- sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
- secretaryship — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- self-hypnosis — autohypnosis.
- shaking palsy — Parkinson's disease.
- shanks's pony — one's own legs as a means of transportation
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- shirley poppy — a cultivated strain of the corn poppy, having variously colored single or double flowers.
- shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
- sleep hygiene — the habits conducive to getting the right amount and quality of sleep
- somatopsychic — of or relating to the effects of the body on the mind.
- sophistically — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
- spathiphyllum — any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
- spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- speleotherapy — a form of treatment for asthma sufferers that takes place in clinics in disused mines, in which the air is free of pollen, dust mites, and the other irritants that provoke an allergic reaction; used to reduce the risk of heart disease
- spermatophyte — any of the Spermatophyta, a primary division or group of plants comprising those that bear seeds.
- spherocytosis — the condition of having spherocytes
- spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
- sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
- spiny dogfish — any of several dogfish sharks of the genus Squalus, having a spine in front of each of the two dorsal fins, especially S. acanthias, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters.
- splanchnology — the visceral system
- spotted hyena — a long-legged carnivorous doglike mammal native to Africa and S Asia (Crocuta crocuta)
- sprung rhythm — a poetic rhythm characterized by the use of strongly accented syllables, often in juxtaposition, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables in each foot, of which the accented syllable is the essential component.
- spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage