15-letter words containing r, h, p, o, s, i
- hystricomorphic — relating to a suborder of rodents
- in short supply — If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available and it is difficult to find or obtain.
- incomprehension — lack of comprehension or understanding: The audience listened politely but with incomprehension.
- incomprehensive — not comprehensive.
- ionospherically — by the ionosphere
- isopropyl ether — a colorless, volatile, flammable, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O, used chiefly as a solvent for waxes, fats, and resins.
- john j pershing — John Joseph ("Blackjack") 1860–1948, U.S. general: commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.
- joint ownership — sharing of property
- joseph pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
- leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
- lzh compression — (algorithm) (After Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu, the inventors) A compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a sliding window and additional compression applied to the output of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding.
- mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
- metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
- metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
- microaerophiles — Plural form of microaerophile.
- microphysically — in a microphysical manner
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- microsporophyll — a leaflike organ bearing microsporangia.
- misapprehension — misunderstanding.
- miscomprehended — Simple past tense and past participle of miscomprehend.
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- more's the pity — If you add more's the pity to a comment, you are expressing your disappointment or regret about something.
- morphophonemics — Also called morphonology, morphophonology. the study of the relations between morphemes and their phonological realizations, components, or mappings.
- morphosyntactic — involving both morphology and syntax.
- mother superior — the head of a Christian religious community for women.
- nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
- neoarsphenamine — a derivative of arsenic formerly used in treating syphilis
- nephrolithiasis — (pathology) presence of calculi in kidneys.
- nephrosclerosis — (pathology) arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries.
- neurohypophysis — See under pituitary gland.
- neurophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
- neuroprosthesis — A prosthesis used to improve the function of an impaired nervous system.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- noncatastrophic — of the nature of a catastrophe, or disastrous event; calamitous: a catastrophic failure of the dam.
- nonpartisanship — The quality of not being partisan, of remaining politically independent.
- nonpsychiatrist — a person who is not a psychiatrist
- onychocryptosis — a form of nail disease in which nails are ingrown
- orthophosphoric — (chemistry) Describing the ordinary form of phosphoric acid and its derivatives.
- orthopsychiatry — an approach to psychiatry concerned with the study and treatment of behavioral disorders, especially of young people.
- outdoorsmanship — a person devoted to outdoor sports and recreational activities, as hiking, hunting, fishing, or camping.
- overemphasizing — Present participle of overemphasize.
- pairs champions — competitors in or winners of a pairs championship
- panoramic sight — an artillery sight that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle.
- parthenogenesis — development of an egg without fertilization.
- pepin the short — ("Pepin the Short") died a.d. 768, king of the Franks 751–768 (father of Charlemagne).
- peroxysulphuric — as in peroxysulphuric acid
- phlebosclerosis — sclerosis, or hardening, of the walls of veins.
- phloem necrosis — a disease of the American elm caused by a mycoplasmalike organism, characterized by yellowing and necrosis of the foliage and yellowish-brown discoloration of the phloem.
- 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.
- phosphoric acid — any of three acids, orthophosphoric acid, H 3 PO 4 , metaphosphoric acid, HPO 3 , or pyrophosphoric acid, H 4 P 2 O 7 , derived from phosphorus pentoxide, P 2 O 5 , and various amounts of water.