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14-letter words containing p, y, o, r, h

  • pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
  • rhombenporphyr — an intermediate igneous rock embedded with rhombus-shaped crystals
  • rhynchophorous — of or relating to rhynchophores
  • rhyparographer — someone who paints rhyparographic pictures
  • rhyparographic — of or relating to rhyparography
  • röntgenography — radiography
  • sclerophyllous — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
  • sheep-worrying — the act (of a dog, sheepdog, wolf, etc) of chasing a flock of sheep and biting or injuring the sheep
  • shooting party — a social gathering when people shoot game together
  • sphaerocrystal — a spherical crystalline mass
  • symmetrophobia — an avoidance of symmetry, esp in Japanese art and Egyptian temples
  • synchronoscope — synchroscope.
  • synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
  • telegraph buoy — a buoy placed over an underwater telegraph cable.
  • thalassography — oceanography, especially that branch dealing with smaller bodies of water, as bays, sounds, and gulfs.
  • thaumatography — a treatise or description of the wonders of the natural world
  • the cryptozoic — the Cryptozoic era
  • the phoney war — a period of apparent calm and inactivity, esp the period at the beginning of World War II
  • the top thirty — the thirty best-selling pop music recordings at any particular time
  • the upper body — the part of the body above the waist
  • thermophyllous — relating to deciduous plants or trees that bear leaves only during the warmer times of the year
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • trachyspermous — having seeds with a rough coat.
  • trichophytosis — a skin infection caused by a trichophyton
  • ubv photometry — the photometric measurement of the color index of a star, using ultraviolet, blue, and visual (yellow) filters.
  • unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • xerophytically — As a xerophyte.
  • xylopyrography — the technique of making a picture or design on wood using a hot iron or another heated instrument
  • xylotypography — a type of printing using wooden blocks
  • zephyr worsted — lightweight worsted yarn.
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