13-letter words containing p, u, t, h, r, o
- immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
- jodhpuri coat — a coat worn by men in India, similar to but shorter than a sherwani
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- lump together — If a number of different people or things are lumped together, they are considered as a group rather than separately.
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- methoxy group — the univalent group CH 3 O−.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating
- over the hump — a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
- phonautograph — a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
- phosphuretted — treated or combined with phosphorus
- phytonutrient — phytochemical.
- picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
- plymouth rock — a rock at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on which the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower are said to have stepped ashore when they landed in America in 1620.
- pneumatograph — pneumograph.
- pneumatophore — Botany. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ.
- port harcourt — a seaport in S Nigeria.
- poulard wheat — a Mediterranean wheat, Triticum turgidum, grown as a forage crop in the U.S.
- pre-adulthood — of or relating to the period prior to adulthood: preadult strivings for independence.
- print-through — the unwanted transfer of a recorded magnetic field pattern from one turn of magnetic tape to the preceding or succeeding turn on a reel, causing distortion
- pull together — to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
- reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
- reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rotary plough — an implement with a series of blades mounted on a power-driven shaft, used to break up soil or weeds
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- sleep through — If you sleep through something, it does not wake you up.
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
- tauromorphous — having the form of a bull
- temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
- thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
- thoroughpaced — trained to go through all the possible paces, as a horse.
- throw a punch — try to hit sb
- trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
- trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
- truchet point — (unit, text) An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
- turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
- unupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- up to scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- upright piano — a piano with an upright rectangular body and with its strings running vertically. Compare spinet (def 1).
- uprighteously — in an upright or moral manner
- vapourer moth — a tussock moth, Orgyia antiqua, of hedgerows and trees, the female of which is wingless and lays her eggs on her former cocoon
- zinjanthropus — the genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned.