11-letter words containing p, r, e, h
- murphy game — a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- nanospheres — Plural form of nanosphere.
- neanthropic — of or relating to modern forms of humans as compared with extinct species of the genus Homo.
- necrophagan — (zoology) Any of the tribe Necrophaga of beetles whose larvae feed on carrion.
- necrophagia — the eating of dead bodies; esp., the practice of feeding on carrion
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilic — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophobia — an abnormal fear of death; thanatophobia.
- negrophobia — strong fear or dislike of black people.
- nematomorph — any member of the phylum Nematomorpha, having a threadlike body, comprising the horsehair worms.
- nematophore — (within the coenosarc of certain colonial hydrozoans) a small specialized tentacle-like polyp having nematocysts
- nephrectomy — excision of a kidney.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- nephrogenic — (medicine, anatomy) that forms the tissues of the kidney.
- nephrolepis — any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- nephropathy — any disease of the kidney.
- nephroscope — (surgery) An instrument used to examine the kidney through an inserted tube.
- nephrostome — Zoology. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom.
- nephrotoxic — Damaging or destructive to the kidneys.
- nephrotoxin — Any nephrotoxic substance.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neurotrophy — the influence of the nerves on the nutrition and maintenance of body tissue.
- neutrophile — (biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- neutrosophy — (philosophy) (From Latin "neuter" - neutral, Greek "sophia" - skill/wisdom) A branch of philosophy, introduced by Florentin Smarandache in 1980, which studies the origin, nature, and scope of neutralities, as well as their interactions with different ideational spectra. Neutrosophy considers a proposition, theory, event, concept, or entity, "A" in relation to its opposite, "Anti-A" and that which is not A, "Non-A", and that which is neither "A" nor "Anti-A", denoted by "Neut-A". Neutrosophy is the basis of neutrosophic logic, neutrosophic probability, neutrosophic set, and neutrosophic statistics.
- nitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
- nomographer — the art of or a treatise on drawing up laws.
- north slope — the northern coastal area of Alaska, rich in oil and natural gas: so called because it is N of the Brooks Range sloping down to the Arctic Ocean.
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
- nyckelharpa — an old-time Swedish stringed musical instrument, similar to the hurdy-gurdy but sounded with a bow instead of a wheel.
- ocean perch — redfish (def 1).
- odontophore — a structure in the mouth of most mollusks over which the radula is drawn backward and forward in the process of breaking up food.
- officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- ommatophore — a tentacle or movable stalk bearing an eye, as in certain snails.
- open-hearth — noting, pertaining to, or produced by the open-hearth process.
- openhearted — Frank and candid.
- opera house — a theater devoted chiefly to operas.
- oppenheimer — J(ulius) Robert, 1904–67, U.S. nuclear physicist.
- oral herpes — a disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 1, characterized primarily by a cluster of small, transient blisters chiefly at the edge of the lip or nostril; herpes labialis.
- ornithopter — a heavier-than-air craft designed to be propelled through the air by flapping wings.
- orthopaedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopedist — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthopteran — orthopterous.
- orthopteron — an orthopterous insect.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.