14-letter words containing p, y, t, h, o
- hysteroscopies — Plural form of hysteroscopy.
- ichthyophagist — a person who eats or subsists on fish.
- ichthyophagous — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- idiopathically — In an idiopathic sense or manner.
- keynote speech — opening address at a conference
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
- lyophilisation — Alternative spelling of lyophilization.
- lyophilization — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
- metallotherapy — therapy by the use of metals or their salts.
- metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
- metempsychosis — the transmigration of the soul, especially the passage of the soul after death from a human or animal to some other human or animal body.
- micropathology — the branch of pathology dealing with the microscopic study of changes that occur in tissues and cells during disease.
- microphysicist — a physicist who specializes in microphysics
- mononeuropathy — A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy).
- monophysitical — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
- myopsychopathy — myopathy associated with mental weakness or change.
- naphthyl group — Also called alpha-naphthyl group, alpha-naphthyl radical. the univalent group C 1 0 H 7 –, having a replaceable hydrogen atom in the first, or alpha, position; 1-naphthyl group.
- nephrotoxicity — The state or condition of being nephrotoxic.
- neuropathology — the pathology of the nervous system.
- nonpsychiatric — not psychiatric
- northern porgy — a common sparid fish, Stenotomus chrysops, of American coastal regions of the Atlantic
- oesophagectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure for the removal of all, or part of the oesophagus.
- ophthalmometry — the measurement and determination of the eye's defects and powers of refraction
- ophthalmoscopy — the use of or technique of using an ophthalmoscope.
- orthopterology — the study of the Orthoptera
- osteodystrophy — (medicine) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- palaeethnology — the study of prehistoric man
- paleontography — the formal description of fossils
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- pathologically — of or relating to pathology.
- perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
- peritrichously — in a peritrichous manner; in a fashion characteristic of a peritrichous organism
- petrochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with petroleum or its products.
- petrophysicist — a person who studies, or is an expert in, petrophysics
- phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
- phenotypically — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phenylbutazone — a potent substance, C 1 9 H 2 0 N 2 O 2 , used to reduce pain and inflammation in rheumatic diseases and gout, and used in veterinary medicine for musculoskeletal disorders.
- phenylthiourea — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster, and is used in medical genetics and as a diagnostic.
- phonochemistry — the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of sound and ultrasonic waves
- phosphorolytic — of or relating to phosphorolysis
- photocatalysis — the acceleration or retardation of the reaction rate in chemical reactions by light.
- photocatalytic — the acceleration or retardation of the reaction rate in chemical reactions by light.
- photochemistry — the branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light.
- photogrammetry — the process of making surveys and maps through the use of photographs, especially aerial photographs.
- photolytically — in a photolytic manner, by photolytic means