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14-letter words containing s, h, a, r, p

  • plethysmograph — a device for measuring and recording changes in the volume of the body or of a body part or organ.
  • pleurapophysis — one of the lateral processes of a vertebra forming the ribs
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • polygraph test — a test carried out using a polygraph, esp used by the police to try to find out whether somebody is telling the truth
  • polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
  • postmastership — the office or position of a postmaster
  • prairie school — a group of early 20th-century architects of the Chicago area who designed houses and other buildings with emphasized horizontal lines responding to the flatness of the Midwestern prairie; the best-known member was Frank Lloyd Wright.
  • prawn-sandwich — characterizing or belonging to the type of spectator at a football match who is motivated to attend more by the corporate hospitality available than a true devotion to a particular club
  • pre-bachelor's — an unmarried man.
  • preanaesthetic — a drug administered prior to an anaesthetic
  • preestablished — to establish beforehand.
  • primary school — a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
  • pripet marshes — the largest swamp in Europe, occupying S Belarus and N Ukraine
  • private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
  • pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
  • profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
  • propeller wash — the backwash from a propeller.
  • prosencephalon — the forebrain.
  • prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
  • protohistorian — a student of or expert in protohistory
  • pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
  • pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
  • pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
  • pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
  • psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
  • psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human
  • psychographics — the use of demographics to determine the attitudes and tastes of a particular segment of a population, as in marketing studies.
  • purchase order — document requesting to buy sth
  • purchase price — cost at which sth is bought
  • purse snatcher — wallet thief
  • pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
  • pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
  • radiotherapist — radiologist
  • raspberry bush — a bush on which raspberries grow
  • rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
  • rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
  • riemann sphere — a sphere used for a stereographic projection.
  • sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
  • scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
  • scrap merchant — dealer in discarded materials
  • scrape through — only just succeed
  • semi-spherical — shaped like half a sphere; hemispheric.
  • shakespeareana — collected writings or items relating to Shakespeare
  • sharp practice — You can use sharp practice to refer to an action or a way of behaving, especially in business or professional matters, that you think is clever but dishonest.
  • sharp-featured — having very clearly defined facial features
  • sharp-tempered — with a tendency to become suddenly angry
  • sharptail mola — a fish, Masturus lanceolatus, related to the ocean sunfish but having a pointed tail.
  • sheepback rock — roche moutonnée.
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
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