16-letter words containing p, h, y, s
- hypercorrectness — The state or condition of being hypercorrect.
- hyperinsulinemia — (medicine) The condition of having an excessively high level of insulin in the blood, usually due to excess production.
- hyperinsulinemic — Suffering from or characterized by hyperinsulinemia, an excessively high level of insulin in the blood.
- hypermasculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- hyperperistalsis — the progressive wave of contraction and relaxation of a tubular muscular system, especially the alimentary canal, by which the contents are forced through the system.
- hyperpituitarism — overactivity of the pituitary gland.
- hypersensibility — capacity for sensation or feeling; responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
- hypersensitivity — excessively sensitive: to be hypersensitive to criticism.
- hypersexualizing — Present participle of hypersexualize.
- hyperstimulation — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- hypersusceptible — hypersensitive (def 2).
- hypervascularity — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- 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.
- incomprehensibly — impossible to understand or comprehend; unintelligible.
- lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
- lymphatic system — an extensive network of capillary vessels that transports the interstitial fluid of the body as lymph to the venous blood circulation
- lymphatic tissue — tissue, such as the lymph nodes, tonsils, spleen, and thymus, that produces lymphocytes
- malchus-porphyry — (Malchus) a.d. c233–c304, Greek philosopher.
- microsporophylls — Plural form of microsporophyll.
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
- moral philosophy — philosophy dealing with the principles of morality; ethics.
- morphophysiology — The (study of the) biological interrelationship between form and physiological function.
- neurohypophyseal — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
- neurohypophysial — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
- neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
- non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- nonphysiological — of or relating to physiology.
- opportunity shop — a shop selling second-hand goods for charitable funds
- orthosympathetic — Of or pertaining to the sympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system.
- particle physics — the branch of physics that deals with the properties and behavior of elementary particles.
- pay-as-you-throw — denoting a system for waste collection in which households are charged according to the amount of refuse they leave
- pearly razorfish — See under razorfish.
- personal hygiene — bodily cleanliness
- pharmacodynamics — the branch of pharmacology dealing with the course of action, effect, and breakdown of drugs within the body.
- phillis wheatley — Phillis [fil-is] /ˈfɪl ɪs/ (Show IPA), 1753?–84, American poet, born in Africa; probably Senegal.
- phosphoryl group — the trivalent group ≡P≡O.
- photosensitivity — the quality of being photosensitive.
- phototypesetting — Printing. photocomposition.
- physical address — (memory management) The address presented to a computer's main memory in a virtual memory system, in contrast to the virtual address which is the address generated by the CPU. A memory management unit translates virtual addresses into physical addresses.
- physical fitness — good physical condition
- physical science — any of the natural sciences dealing with inanimate matter or with energy, as physics, chemistry, and astronomy.