15-letter words containing p, l, y
- electromyograph — A device used in electromyography to generate electromyograms.
- encephalography — Any of various techniques for recording the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- encyclopaedical — Of or pertaining to encyclopaediae.
- encyclopedicity — The quality or state of being encyclopedic.
- endolymphangial — (anatomy) Within a lymphatic vessel.
- epeirogenically — in the manner of epeirogeny
- epichlorohydrin — an organic compound used as a solvent in resin-making
- epicyclic train — a cluster of gears consisting of a central gearwheel with external teeth (the sun), a coaxial gearwheel of greater diameter with internal teeth (the annulus), and one or more planetary gears engaging with both of them to provide a large gear ratio in a compact space
- escape velocity — great enough speed to escape gravity
- ethnopsychology — The scientific study of psychological concepts as they exist across different ethnic groups.
- euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
- fair employment — the policy or practice of employing people on the basis of their capabilities only, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability.
- false pregnancy — physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
- family grouping — a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
- family planning — the concept or a program of limiting the size of families through the spacing or prevention of pregnancies, especially for economic reasons.
- family practice — medical specialization in general practice, requiring training beyond that of general practice and leading to board certification.
- floating policy — (in marine insurance) a policy that provides protection of a broad nature for shipments of merchandise and that is valid continuously until canceled.
- floating supply — the aggregate supply of ready-to-market goods or securities.
- follow-up study — a second study made as a follow-up to an initial study
- football player — sportsperson: plays football
- free soil party — a former U.S. political party (1848–56) that opposed the extension of slavery in the Territories not yet admitted to statehood.
- full employment — all of workforce is employed
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- gestalt therapy — holistic psychotherapy
- gramophonically — in a gramophonic manner
- grand old party — G.O.P.
- grandstand play — an ostentatious play, as in a sport, overemphasized deliberately to elicit applause from spectators.
- graphic display — the way in which line drawings and text are displayed
- graphologically — In terms of or by means of graphology.
- hardy perennial — a plant that lasts three seasons or more and that can withstand freezing temperatures
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- head-up display — an electronic display of data from instruments or other sources projected at eye level so that a driver or pilot sees it without looking away from the road or course. Abbreviation: HUD.
- hieroglyphology — the study of hieroglyphic writing.
- histomorphology — histology.
- histophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with tissues.
- holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
- holographically — In a holographic way.
- homeopathically — By means of homeopathy.
- hydraulic press — a machine permitting a small force applied to a small piston to produce, through fluid pressure, a large force on a large piston.
- hydropathically — in a hydropathic manner; in a manner relating to hydropathy
- hydrosulphurous — relating to or derived from hydrosulphurous acid
- hydroxylapatite — Alternative spelling of hydroxyapatite.
- hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
- hyper-emotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
- hyperbolic sine — one of a group of functions of an angle expressed as a relationship between the distances of a point on a hyperbola to the origin and to the coordinate axes; sinh
- hypercalcinuria — Condition of high levels of calcium in the urine as caused by high levels of bone resorption seen in osteoporosis or hyperthyroidism.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hypercatalectic — (of a line of verse) containing an additional syllable after the last dipody or foot. Compare acatalectic (def 2), catalectic.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots