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15-letter words containing p, h

  • pyrotechnically — in a pyrotechnical manner
  • pyrrhic victory — a victory or goal achieved at too great a cost.
  • quasi-spherical — having the form of a sphere; globular.
  • radio telephone — A radio telephone is a telephone which carries sound by sending radio signals rather than by using wires. Radio telephones are often used in cars.
  • radio-telephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radioautography — autoradiography.
  • radiophosphorus — phosphorus 32.
  • radiophotograph — a photograph or other image transmitted by radio.
  • radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
  • raster graphics — (graphics)   Computer graphics in which an image is composed of an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. Opposite: vector graphics.
  • raw-pack method — cold pack (def 2).
  • reaping machine — any of various machines for reaping grain, often fitted with a device for automatically throwing out bundles of the cut grain.
  • release therapy — psychotherapy in which the patient finds emotional release in the expression of hostilities and emotional conflicts.
  • reported speech — indirect quotation
  • reservoir patch — A reservoir patch is an adhesive patch enclosing an amount of medicine. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered through a membrane into the skin and into the bloodstream.
  • rheinland-pfalz — German name of Rhineland-Palatinate.
  • rhesus positive — relating to blood containing Rhesus antigen D
  • rhombencephalon — the hindbrain.
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • roentgenography — roentgenogram.
  • rollmop herring — a herring fillet rolled, usually around onion slices, and pickled in spiced vinegar
  • saprophytically — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
  • scaphocephalous — of or relating to scaphocephalus
  • schlieffen plan — a plan intended to ensure German victory over a Franco-Russian alliance by holding off Russia with minimal strength and swiftly defeating France by a massive flanking movement through the Low Countries, devised by Alfred, Count von Schlieffen (1833–1913) in 1905
  • schopenhauerian — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
  • schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
  • scrape together — to deprive of or free from an outer layer, adhering matter, etc., or to smooth by drawing or rubbing something, especially a sharp or rough instrument, over the surface: to scrape a table to remove paint and varnish.
  • scratching post — a block or post of wood, usually covered with carpeting, on which a cat can use its claws.
  • self-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • self-hypnotized — hypnotized by oneself.
  • self-punishment — the act of punishing.
  • semipornography — partial pornography; material that is almost pornographic
  • separate school — (in Canada) a school for a large religious minority financed by its rates and administered by its own school board but under the authority of the provincial department of education
  • serum hepatitis — hepatitis B.
  • share ownership — the owning of shares in a company
  • shark repellent — any tactic used by a corporation to prevent a takeover by a corporate raider.
  • sharp as a tack — intelligent, quick witted
  • sheffield plate — sheet copper with a cladding of silver.
  • ship's articles — a type of contract by which sailors agree to the conditions, payment, etc, for the ship in which they are going to work
  • ship's manifest — a list of the shipments or cargo that a vessel is carrying
  • shipping losses — the total loss of a navy's ships in wartime, esp with reference to those sunk during the Second World War
  • shock probation — the release on probation of a criminal after brief imprisonment
  • shooting script — a motion-picture scenario having the scenes arranged in the order in which they are to be photographed.
  • shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
  • shopping basket — a metal or plastic container with one or two handles, used to carry shopping in a shop
  • shopping center — a group of stores within a single architectural plan, supplying most of the basic shopping needs, especially in suburban areas.
  • shopping centre — A shopping centre is a specially built area containing a lot of different shops.
  • shoulder weapon — a firearm that is fired while being held in the hands with the butt of the weapon braced against the shoulder.
  • 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.
  • shrimp cocktail — prawns and lettuce in Mary Rose sauce
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