18-letter words containing p, o, g, y
- open heart surgery — surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
- open-heart surgery — surgery performed on the exposed heart while a heart-lung machine pumps and oxygenates the blood and diverts it from the heart.
- ophthalmologically — In an ophthalmological manner.
- orthopedic surgery — corrective operation on bones or joints
- oscillographically — By means of oscillography.
- palaeoanthropology — the branch of anthropology concerned with primitive man
- parathyroid glands — any of several small oval glands usually lying near or embedded in the thyroid gland.
- pathologic anatomy — the branch of pathology dealing with the morphologic changes in tissues.
- personal bodyguard — a person employed to protect a particular person
- phantasmagorically — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
- physical geography — the branch of geography concerned with natural features and phenomena of the earth's surface, as landforms, drainage features, climates, soils, and vegetation.
- phytohemagglutinin — a lectin, obtained from the red kidney bean, that binds to the membranes of T cells and stimulates metabolic activity, cell division, etc.
- pigmy hippopotamus — a related but smaller animal, Choeropsis liberiensis
- plane trigonometry — the branch of trigonometry dealing with plane triangles.
- point set topology — topology (def 2).
- positively charged — having a positive charge
- programme of study — the prescribed syllabus that pupils must be taught at each key stage in the National Curriculum
- proprietary rights — rights of ownership
- psychogalvanometer — a type of galvanometer for detecting and measuring psychogalvanic currents.
- psychopathological — the science or study of mental disorders.
- psychopharmacology — the branch of pharmacology dealing with the psychological effects of drugs.
- psychosociological — psychological and sociological
- psychotechnologist — a specialist in psychotechnology
- publishing company — a firm which publishes books
- pygmy hippopotamus — a small hippopotamus, Choeropsis liberiensis, of forests and swamps in western Africa.
- reentering polygon — a polygon having one or more reentering angles.
- registered company — a company which has officially registered its business
- repayment mortgage — a mortgage that you pay back in monthly repayments which consist of the accrued interest in addition to the original amount borrowed
- reporters' gallery — an area in parliament reserved for journalists and reporters
- reverse psychology — (in nontechnical use) a method of getting another person to do what one wants by pretending not to want it or to want something else or something more.
- sling psychrometer — a psychrometer so designed that the wet-bulb thermometer can be ventilated, to expedite evaporation, by whirling in the air.
- sociopsychological — of, relating to, or characterized by interrelated social and psychological factors.
- spectroheliography — the process of obtaining an image of the sun in light of a particular wavelength, such as calcium or hydrogen, showing the distribution of the element over the surface and in the solar atmosphere, using a spectroheliograph
- spherical geometry — the branch of geometry that deals with figures on spherical surfaces.
- summary proceeding — a mode of trial authorized by statute to be held before a judge without the usual full hearing.
- superstring theory — any supersymmetric string theory in which each type of elementary particle is treated as a vibration of a single fundamental string (superstring) at a particular frequency.
- system-programming — a program, as an operating system, compiler, or utility program, that controls some aspect of the operation of a computer (opposed to application program).
- systems programmer — a person whose job is to program systems software
- to gussy sb/sth up — to give (a person or thing) a smarter or more interesting appearance
- to spill your guts — if someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private
- vectorcardiography — a method of determining the direction and magnitude of the electrical forces of the heart.
- work-study program — a program enabling high-school or college students to combine academic work with actual job experience.
- working hypothesis — See under hypothesis (def 1).