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14-letter words containing p, o, t, h, l, e

  • foolscap sheet — a sheet of foolscap paper
  • galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
  • galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
  • galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
  • go up the wall — to become crazy or furious
  • graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
  • gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
  • hale telescope — the 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.
  • half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
  • health problem — ailment or disorder
  • helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
  • helicopter mom — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
  • helicopter pad — landing area
  • heliosciophyte — any plant that grows in the shade, but thrives more in the sun
  • hemipelvectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the pelvis, and the leg on that side.
  • hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
  • hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
  • heroic couplet — a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style, as, Know then thyself, presume not God to scan / The proper study of Mankind is Man.
  • herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
  • herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
  • heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
  • heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
  • hold the phone — not hang up
  • holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
  • horn of plenty — cornucopia.
  • hospitableness — The quality of being hospitable.
  • hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
  • hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
  • hyper-rational — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
  • hypercorrectly — In a hypercorrect manner.
  • hyperemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
  • hyperinflation — extreme or excessive inflation.
  • hyperlactation — the secretion or formation of milk.
  • hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
  • hypersomnolent — sleepy; drowsy.
  • hypertrophical — relating to hypertrophy
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
  • hypothetically — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
  • hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
  • hypoventilated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypoventilate.
  • interparochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • kentish plover — Charadrius alexandrinus, a small wading bird belonging to the plover family, breeding in the tropics and subtropics; it is white and greyish-brown, with black legs and bill
  • keratinophilic — (of a plant such as a fungus) growing on keratinous substances such as hair, hooves, nails, etc
  • kitchen police — soldiers detailed by roster or as punishment to assist in kitchen duties.
  • le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
  • legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
  • leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
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