15-letter words containing p, y, o, s, i
- microscopically — so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms. Compare macroscopic.
- microsporocytes — Plural form of microsporocyte.
- microsporophyll — a leaflike organ bearing microsporangia.
- modestly priced — moderately priced; not overly expensive
- monospecificity — the condition of being specific for a sole antigen
- more's the pity — If you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.
- morning prayers — early-morning act of religious worship
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- myelodysplastic — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or showing evidence of myelodysplasia.
- nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
- net.personality — Someone who has made a name for him or herself on Usenet, through either longevity or attention-getting posts, but doesn't meet the other requirements of net.godhood.
- neurohypophysis — See under pituitary gland.
- neurophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
- neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- non-specificity — the quality or state of being specific.
- non-syncopation — Music. a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats.
- nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
- nonpsychoactive — Not psychoactive.
- nonspecifically — in a nonspecific way
- null hypothesis — (in the statistical testing of a hypothesis) the hypothesis to be tested.
- onychocryptosis — a form of nail disease in which nails are ingrown
- open university — higher education by correspondence
- oppositionality — Quality of being oppositional.
- orthopsychiatry — an approach to psychiatry concerned with the study and treatment of behavioral disorders, especially of young people.
- ovoviviparously — in an ovoviviparous manner
- paleogeophysics — (used with a plural verb) inferred geophysical conditions or processes of designated periods of the geologic past.
- pathophysiology — the physiology of abnormal or diseased organisms or their parts; the functional changes associated with a disease or syndrome.
- periodic system — a system of classification of the elements based on the periodic law.
- perissosyllabic — (of a line of verse) containing more syllables than expected for the metre being used
- peroxysulphuric — as in peroxysulphuric acid
- personal injury — injury to an individual
- petty bourgeois — petit bourgeois
- philosophically — of or relating to philosophy: philosophical studies.
- phosphorylation — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
- photoelasticity — the phenomenon of double refraction of polarized light by a transparent substance under elastic stress, used to measure strain in elastic, transparent materials.
- photosynthesize — to produce carbohydrates by photosynthesis: Plants with light green leaves don't photosynthesize as well as those with darker leaves.
- physical memory — (memory management) The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
- physical optics — the branch of optics concerned with the wave properties of light, the superposition of waves, the deviation of light from its rectilinear propagation in a manner other than that considered by geometrical optics, the interaction of light with matter, and the quantum, corpuscular aspects of light.
- physicalization — to express in physical terms; give form or shape to: The dancers physicalized the mood of the music.
- physicochemical — physical and chemical: the physicochemical properties of an isomer.
- physiologically — of or relating to physiology.
- physiopathology — pathophysiology.
- physiotherapist — physical therapy.
- platitudinously — in a platitudinal manner
- play favourites — to display favouritism
- plunket society — the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children
- policy issuance — Policy issuance is the process of creating an insurance policy and providing it to the policyholder.