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

  • opisthoglossal — (of the tongues of amphibians) attached at the front as opposed to the rear
  • opisthographic — written on the front and back of a parchment or papyrus
  • opthalmologist — Misspelling of ophthalmologist.
  • ornithomorphic — relating to an ornithomorph
  • orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
  • orthodox sleep — dreamless sleep, characterized by a slow alpha rhythm of brain waves and no marked physiological changes.
  • orthographical — Of, or relating to orthography; spelled correctly.
  • orthophosphate — a salt or ester of orthophosphoric acid, or any compound containing the trivalent group −PO 4 .
  • orthopterology — the study of the Orthoptera
  • osteodystrophy — (medicine) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone.
  • otaheite apple — a Society Islands tree, Spondias cytherea, of the cashew family, having whitish flowers and yellow, edible, plumlike fruit.
  • other expenses — Other expenses are expenses that do not relate to a company's main business.
  • ownership flat — a flat owned by the occupier
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • paint the town — a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
  • palaeanthropic — relating to or denoting the earliest variety of man
  • palaeethnology — the study of prehistoric man
  • paleoanthropic — pertaining to prehistoric humans.
  • paleontography — the formal description of fossils
  • parallel forth — Forth For the MPP.
  • parchment worm — any of several polychaete worms of the genus Chaetopterus that secrete and live in a U -shaped, parchmentlike tube.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • parrot-fashion — If you learn or repeat something parrot-fashion, you do it accurately but without really understanding what it means.
  • part of speech — any of the classes into which words in some languages, as Latin and English, have traditionally been divided on the basis of their meaning, form, or syntactic function, as, in English, noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition, conjunction, and interjection.
  • passport photo — image on identity document
  • patch together — assemble roughly
  • pathologically — of or relating to pathology.
  • perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
  • peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
  • permanent echo — a radar signal reflected to a radar station on the ground by a building or other fixed object.
  • petrochemicals — substances, such as acetone or ethanol, obtained from petroleum or natural gas
  • petrochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with petroleum or its products.
  • petrophysicist — a person who studies, or is an expert in, petrophysics
  • petworth house — a mansion in Petworth in Sussex: rebuilt (1688–96) for Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset; gardens laid out by Capability Brown; subject of paintings by Turner
  • phallocentrism — a doctrine or belief centered on the phallus, especially a belief in the superiority of the male sex.
  • phantasmagoria — a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
  • phantasmagoric — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
  • pharmacologist — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
  • pharmacopolist — a person who sells pharmaceutical products
  • phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
  • phenobarbitone — a white, crystalline powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 2 O 3 , used as a sedative, a hypnotic, and as an antispasmodic in epilepsy.
  • phenotypically — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
  • phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
  • philanthropist — a person who practices philanthropy.
  • philanthropize — to treat (persons) in a philanthropic manner.
  • philanthropoid — an individual who does work for a charitable body
  • philosophaster — a person who has only a superficial knowledge of philosophy or who feigns a knowledge he or she does not possess.
  • philosophistic — relating to a person who affects philosophical knowledge or to an affectation to philosophical knowledge or the action or enjoyment of carrying this out
  • phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
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