11-letter words containing s, h, y, p
- psychoanal. — psychoanalysis
- psychobilly — loud frantic rockabilly music
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- psychogenic — having origin in the mind or in a mental condition or process: a psychogenic disorder.
- psychograph — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
- psychologic — of or relating to psychology.
- psychomancy — occult communication between souls or with spirits.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychomotor — of or relating to a response involving both motor and psychological components.
- psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
- psychopathy — a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- psychophily — the pollination of flowers by butterflies
- psychotogen — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- psychotoxic — toxic or harmful to the mind or personality.
- pythonesque — denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal
- quasi-happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- satanophany — a manifestation or incarnation of Satan; demonic possession
- scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- schizophyte — any of the Schizophyta, a group of organisms comprising the schizomycetes and the schizophyceous algae, characterized by a simple structure and reproduction by simple fission or spores.
- sclerophyll — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- scripophily — the collecting by hobbyists of old stock certificates and bonds that have no intrinsic value other than their aesthetic appeal or relative rarity.
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
- sex therapy — treatment of sexual disorders that have psychological causes, employing psychiatric counseling, behavior modification, and education.
- shadow play — a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
- shoofly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- sialography — radiography of salivary glands once they have been injected with a contrast medium
- siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
- snobography — an account or description of snobs
- sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- soft hyphen — a hyphen that is used only in breaking a word at the end of a line of text.
- solenoglyph — any poisonous snake of the viper family with hollow, paired, erectile fangs
- spanish fly — Also called cantharides. a preparation of powdered blister beetles, especially the Spanish fly, used medicinally as a counterirritant, diuretic, and aphrodisiac.
- spermaphyte — the placenta of a plant
- spermophyte — spermatophyte.
- sphagnology — the study of sphagna
- sphygmogram — a tracing or diagram produced by a sphygmograph.
- sphygmology — the study and examination of the pulse
- spirography — the study of breathing using a spirograph
- spy-hopping — a vertical half-rise out of the water performed by a whale in order to view the surroundings. a springing bounce in tall grasses performed by certain land mammals, as foxes and wolves, to view the surroundings.
- staphylinid — rove beetle.
- staphylitis — inflammation of the soft palate or uvula
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stereophony — the state or condition of being stereophonic.