12-letter words containing s, h, y, p
- prayer shawl — a tallith.
- prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- protohistory — a branch of study concerned with the transition period between prehistory and the earliest recorded history.
- protosynthex — A query system for English text.
- psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- psychiatrist — a physician who practices psychiatry.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
- psychognosis — the use of hypnosis to study mental phenomena
- psychography — the supposed writing of a spirit or medium
- psychologism — emphasis upon psychological factors in the development of a theory, as in history or philosophy.
- psychologist — a specialist in psychology.
- psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
- psychomachia — conflict of the soul
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychonomics — the study of the individual mind in relation to its environment
- psychopathic — of, relating to, or affected with psychopathy.
- psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
- psychosocial — of or relating to the interaction between social and psychological factors.
- psychoticism — the state of being psychotic
- psychotronic — of or relating to a genre of usually low-budget movies that includes horror, fantasy, science-fiction, and underground films.
- psychotropic — affecting mental activity, behavior, or perception, as a mood-altering drug.
- psychrometer — an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
- psychrometry — the employment of the psychrometer.
- pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- reupholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
- schizophytic — of or relating to a schizophyte
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- sclerophylly — the normal development of much sclerenchyma in the leaves of certain plants, as some desert plants, resulting in thickened, hardened foliage that resists loss of moisture.
- scrub typhus — an acute febrile disease characterized by severe headache, skin rash, chills, and swelling of the lymph nodes, caused by the bite of mites infected with the microorganism Rickettsia tsutsugamushi: occurs mainly in Asia, Australia, and the islands of the western Pacific
- search party — a group of persons conducting an organized search for someone or something lost or hidden.
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
- shank's pony — one's own legs, especially as a means of moving from one place to another: The only way we can get there is by shanks' mare.
- sheep's eyes — shy, amorous, lovesick glances (usually preceded by make or cast): making sheep's eyes at the new girl in class.
- shepherd boy — male child who herds sheep
- shoo-fly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
- shuffle play — a facility on a compact disc player that randomly selects a track from one of a number of compact discs
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- sindonophany — the periodic exhibiting to the public of the shroud that the body of Christ is thought to have been wrapped in
- spatiography — the study of the characteristics of space beyond the atmosphere, including the mapping of the movements of celestial bodies and the recording of electrical, magnetic, and gravitational effects, especially those likely to affect missiles and spacecraft.
- speechifying — Speechifying is the making of speeches, especially because you want to appear important.