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16-letter words containing r, h, a, p, s, o

  • oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
  • on the scrapheap — (of people or things) having outlived their usefulness
  • open parenthesis — left parenthesis
  • open scholarship — a scholarship which anyone can apply for
  • ophthalmoparesis — (medicine) A partial or complete paralysis of the extraocular muscles which are responsible for eye movements.
  • organophosphates — Plural form of organophosphate.
  • organophosphorus — Denoting synthetic organic compounds containing phosphorus, especially pesticides and nerve gases of this kind.
  • orthosympathetic — Of or pertaining to the sympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system.
  • padded shoulders — (on a garment) shoulders lined, stuffed, or filled out with soft material, esp in order to give them a higher or wider shape
  • palmerston north — a city in New Zealand, in the S North Island on the Manawatu River. Pop: 78 100 (2004 est)
  • parasol mushroom — a common edible field mushroom, Macrolepiota (Lepiota) procera, having a light-brown, scaly cap.
  • parkerhouse roll — a yeast roll shaped by folding over a flat, round piece of buttered dough
  • parochial school — a primary or secondary private school supervised by a religious organization, especially a Roman Catholic day school affiliated with a parish or a holy order.
  • parrot's-feather — a South American water milfoil, Myriophyllum aquaticum, having hairlike pinnate leaves, widely cultivated as an aquarium plant.
  • pascal's theorem — the theorem that the lines joining adjacent vertices of a hexagon intersect the same straight line if alternate vertices lie on two intersecting straight lines.
  • pay-as-you-throw — denoting a system for waste collection in which households are charged according to the amount of refuse they leave
  • pearly razorfish — See under razorfish.
  • people's charter — the principles or movement of a party of political reformers, chiefly workingmen, in England from 1838 to 1848: so called from the document (People's Charter or National Charter) that contained a statement of their principles and demands.
  • personal hygiene — bodily cleanliness
  • personal shopper — a person, often a store employee, whose job is to assist shoppers in selecting clothing or other merchandise.
  • phantasmagorical — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
  • pharmacodynamics — the branch of pharmacology dealing with the course of action, effect, and breakdown of drugs within the body.
  • pharmacogenetics — the branch of pharmacology that examines the relation of genetic factors to variations in response to drugs.
  • pharmacogenomics — the study of human genetic variability in relation to drug action and its application to medical treatment
  • pharmacokinetics — the branch of pharmacology that studies the fate of pharmacological substances in the body, as their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination.
  • phase microscope — a microscope that utilizes the phase differences of light rays transmitted by different portions of an object to create an image in which the details of the object are distinct despite their near-uniformity of refractive index.
  • philanthropistic — a person who practices philanthropy.
  • phosphor fatigue — screen saver
  • phosphorous acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble acid of phosphorus, H 3 PO 3 , from which phosphites are derived.
  • photorespiration — the oxidation of carbohydrates in many higher plants in which they get oxygen from light and then release carbon dioxide, somewhat different from photosynthesis.
  • place of worship — religious house: church, temple
  • poitou-charentes — a region of W central France, on the Bay of Biscay: mainly low-lying
  • poor white trash — white trash.
  • pork scratchings — small pieces of crisply cooked pork crackling, eaten cold as an appetizer with drinks
  • port authorities — the body with overall responsibility for a port
  • prairie schooner — a type of covered wagon, similar to but smaller than the Conestoga wagon, used by pioneers in crossing the prairies and plains of North America.
  • prognostic chart — a chart showing the predicted state of the atmosphere for a given time in the future.
  • protestant ethic — work ethic.
  • pseudohistorical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
  • pseudoparenchyma — (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
  • psychogeriatrics — the psychology of old age.
  • purchasing power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
  • rainbow seaperch — an embiotocid fish, Hypsurus caryi, living off the Pacific coast of North America, having red, orange, and blue stripes on the body.
  • rhinopharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and pharynx.
  • saint-john perse — (Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
  • savannah sparrow — a North American sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis, having brown and white plumage with a yellow stripe over each eye.
  • scrovegni chapel — Arena Chapel.
  • secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
  • shaft horsepower — the horsepower delivered to the driving shaft of an engine, as measured by a torsion meter. Abbreviation: shp, SHP.
  • shared ownership — (in Britain) a form of house purchase whereby the purchaser buys a proportion of the dwelling, usually from a local authority or housing association, and rents the rest
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