11-letter words containing p, y, o, r, h, e
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
- morphometry — (biology) the measurement of the form of organisms.
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- nephrectomy — excision of a kidney.
- nephropathy — any disease of the kidney.
- neurotrophy — the influence of the nerves on the nutrition and maintenance of body tissue.
- 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.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- oxymorphone — a potent semisynthetic morphine-derived narcotic analgesic, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 4 , used as a substitute for morphine.
- paedotrophy — the art of raising children
- paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
- pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
- petroglyphy — the skill or procedure of making rock carvings
- petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- phyllophore — the terminal bud of a stem, especially of the stem of a palm.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- phytochrome — a plant pigment that is associated with the absorption of light in the photoperiodic response and that may regulate various types of growth and development.
- phytosterol — Biochemistry. any of various sterols obtained from plants.
- polygrapher — a person who employs a code cipher
- pondicherry — a union territory of India, on the Coromandel Coast: formerly the chief settlement of French India; territory includes Mahé (on the Malabar Coast), Karikal, and Yanaon. 181 sq. mi. (469 sq. km).
- pre-holiday — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- prizeworthy — deserving or qualified for a prize: a prizeworthy performance.
- prophesying — to foretell or predict.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- prudhoe bay — an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- pyelography — the science or technique of making photographs of the kidneys, renal pelves, and ureters by means of x-rays, after the injection of an opaque solution or of a radiopaque dye.
- pyrotechnic — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
- pythagorean — of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
- rehypnotize — to hypnotize again
- reprography — the reproduction and duplication of documents, written materials, drawings, designs, etc., by any process making use of light rays or photographic means, including offset printing, microfilming, photography, office duplicating, and the like.
- retinopathy — any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory.
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- sclerophyll — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
- spermophyte — spermatophyte.
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stereophony — the state or condition of being stereophonic.
- tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
- trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.