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15-letter words containing r, h, a, e

  • parthenogenetic — development of an egg without fertilization.
  • pass-the-parcel — a children's game in which a parcel with lots of wrappings is passed round while music plays; each time the music stops the person holding the parcel takes a layer of wrapping off
  • passenger coach — a carriage in which passengers sit
  • passport holder — a person who has a passport
  • patagonian hare — a burrowing, gray, long-eared and long-legged cavy of the genus Dolichotis, native to South America.
  • pavel petrovich — Paul I (def 2).
  • peacock feather — a (distinctive and brightly coloured) feather from the peacock
  • penshurst place — a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560
  • pentaerythritol — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 5 H 1 2 O 4 , used chiefly in the manufacture of alkyd resins, varnishes, plasticizers, and explosives.
  • perchloric acid — a colorless, syrupy hygroscopic liquid, HClO 4 , an acid of chlorine containing one more oxygen atom than chloric acid: used chiefly as a reagent in analytical chemistry.
  • perchloroethane — hexachloroethane.
  • permanent tooth — any of the 32 adult teeth that replace the 20 milk teeth.
  • perpetual check — a continuing series of checks resulting in a drawn game because they cannot be halted or evaded without resulting in checkmate or a serious disadvantage.
  • personal growth — development as an individual
  • peter the great — ("the Great") 1672–1725, czar of Russia 1682–1725.
  • pharmacotherapy — the treatment of disease through the administration of drugs.
  • phenazopyridine — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 2 ClN 5 , used as a lower urinary tract analgesic.
  • phenyl valerate — a colorless, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 1 1 H 1 4 O 2 , used chiefly in flavoring and perfumery.
  • phenylhydrazine — a yellow, poisonous liquid or low-melting solid, C 6 H 8 N 2 , used in chemical analysis and organic synthesis.
  • phenylketonuria — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
  • phosphate group — the group or radical obtained by removal of one or more hydrogen atoms from phosphoric acid.
  • phosphocreatine — a compound, C 4 H 1 0 O 5 N 3 P, found chiefly in muscle, formed by the enzymatic interaction of an organic phosphate and creatine, the breakdown of which provides energy for muscle contraction.
  • phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
  • photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
  • photoheliograph — an instrument for photographing the sun, consisting of a camera and a specially adapted telescope.
  • photorefractive — of or relating to a change in the index of refraction by spatial variations of the light intensity, as in a laser.
  • phototelegraphy — facsimile (def 2a).
  • phrasemongering — the act of coining memorable phrases
  • phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
  • physical memory — (memory management)   The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
  • physiotherapist — physical therapy.
  • pied flycatcher — a small black and white migratory bird of Europe and western Asia, Ficedula hypoleuca
  • pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
  • pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
  • pistachio green — a light or medium shade of yellow green.
  • pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
  • plant-hire firm — a company that hires out mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
  • planter's punch — a punch made with rum, lime juice, sugar, and water or soda.
  • play the market — to speculate on a stock exchange
  • pleochroic halo — a dark-colored, microscopic ring around a minute radioactive particle in certain mineral crystals, used in estimating the age of the rocks containing these crystals
  • plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
  • pneumatotherapy — the use of compressed or rarefied air in treating disease.
  • polychlorinated — having multiple chlorine atoms
  • pontine marshes — an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 bc had failed
  • posthemorrhagic — occurring after a haemorrhage
  • potash feldspar — any of the feldspar minerals having the composition KAlSi 3 O 8 , as orthoclase.
  • power macintosh — Power Mac
  • prairie chicken — either of two North American gallinaceous birds of western prairies, Tympanuchus cupido (greater prairie chicken) or T. pallidicinctus (lesser prairie chicken) having rufous, brown, black, and white plumage.
  • pre-elizabethan — (of English culture, history, traditions, etc.) before the reign of Queen Elizabeth I; before the second half of the 16th century.
  • pre-established — to establish beforehand.
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