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14-letter words containing s, o, p, h

  • pleurapophysis — one of the lateral processes of a vertebra forming the ribs
  • plotting sheet — a blank chart having only a compass rose and latitude lines, longitude lines, or both, marked and annotated, as required, by a navigator.
  • plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • podophthalmous — relating to a crustacean
  • poison hemlock — hemlock (defs 1, 3).
  • polygon pusher — (Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons).
  • 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
  • polymorphously — in a polymorphous manner
  • polyphosphoric — as in polyphosphoric acid, any oxyacid of pentavalent phosphorus
  • 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.
  • polysynthesism — the synthesis of various elements.
  • pop psychology — beliefs about psychology, and about ways of applying psychology which are not based on science
  • pop-psychology — psychological or pseudopsychological counseling, interpretations, concepts, terminology, etc., often simplistic or superficial, popularized by certain personalities, magazine articles, television shows, advice columns, or the like, that influence the general public.
  • popcorn stitch — a crochet stitch made with a number of loose stitches fastened in a common base so that the yarn puffs up, looking much like a piece of popcorn
  • porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
  • port nicholson — the first British settlement in New Zealand, established on Wellington Harbour in 1840: grew into Wellington
  • posthumousness — the fact of being posthumous
  • postmastership — the office or position of a postmaster
  • potter's wheel — a device with a rotating horizontal disk upon which clay is molded by a potter.
  • pound of flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
  • 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.
  • pre-bachelor's — an unmarried man.
  • pre-psychology — the science of the mind or of mental states and processes.
  • primary school — a school usually covering the first three or four years of elementary school and sometimes kindergarten.
  • printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
  • 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-censorship — the act or practice of censoring.
  • 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.
  • process cheese — a cheese made by heating and blending together several natural cheeses with an emulsifying agent
  • 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.
  • progenitorship — parenthood; the position of being a progenitor
  • prohibitionist — a person who favors or advocates prohibition.
  • propeller wash — the backwash from a propeller.
  • proprietorship — the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc.
  • prosencephalon — the forebrain.
  • prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
  • prosthodontics — the branch of dentistry that deals with the restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth and other oral structures by artificial devices.
  • prosthodontist — a specialist in prosthodontics.
  • protohistorian — a student of or expert in protohistory
  • psephoanalysis — the statistical and sociological analysis of election trends and results
  • pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
  • pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
  • pseudomorphism — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
  • psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
  • psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human
  • psychic income — the personal or subjective benefits, rewards, or satisfactions derived from a job or undertaking as separate from its objective or financial ones.
  • psycho-history — history or the writing of history employing the techniques of psychoanalysis to explore motivations, explain actions, etc.
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