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

  • preanesthetic — a substance that produces a preliminary or light anesthesia.
  • press attaché — the official in an embassy who has the job of liaising with the media
  • press charges — make formal accusation
  • pressure head — the upper part of the body in humans, joined to the trunk by the neck, containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.
  • presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
  • primrose path — a way of life devoted to irresponsible hedonism, often of a sensual nature: The evangelist exhorted us to avoid the primrose path and stick to the straight and narrow.
  • principalship — first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
  • promonarchist — the principles of monarchy.
  • prosopography — a study of a collection of persons or characters, especially their appearances, careers, personalities, etc., within a historical, literary, or social context.
  • prosthodontia — 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.
  • protest march — public demonstration
  • pseudepigraph — a book or piece of writing that is falsely titled or credited
  • psilanthropic — relating to psilanthropism
  • psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
  • psychographer — a person who writes a psychograph; a psychological or psychographic biographer.
  • psychographic — Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.
  • psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
  • pyrophosphate — a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.
  • quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
  • quadriphonics — quadraphony.
  • quarter-phase — differing in phase by a quarter of a cycle; two-phase.
  • rehospitalize — to place in hospital again
  • replenishable — able to be replenished
  • reprographics — reprography.
  • research park — an industrial park whose facilities are devoted to research and development.
  • rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
  • rough passage — a stormy sea journey
  • sachet-powder — a small bag, case, or pad containing perfuming powder or the like, placed among handkerchiefs, lingerie, etc., to impart a pleasant scent.
  • saratoga chip — potato chip.
  • schiller park — a town in NE Illinois.
  • schizophrenia — Psychiatry.. Also called dementia praecox. a severe mental disorder characterized by some, but not necessarily all, of the following features: emotional blunting, intellectual deterioration, social isolation, disorganized speech and behavior, delusions, and hallucinations.
  • scintigraphic — of or relating to scintigraphy
  • sclerotherapy — Medicine/Medical. a treatment for varicose veins in which blood flow is diverted and the veins collapsed by injection of a hardening solution, also used cosmetically in spider veins to eliminate discoloration.
  • scratch paper — rough paper for notes, etc.
  • scratchpad ii — See Scratchpad I, AXIOM.
  • secretaryship — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
  • selenographer — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • self-reproach — blame or censure by one's own conscience.
  • shag pile rug — a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
  • shakespearean — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
  • shakespearian — of, relating to, or suggestive of Shakespeare or his works.
  • shape-shifter — a creature or thing that can change shape at will or that does so under certain conditions
  • shaped charge — a warhead having a concave, hollow end and operating on the Munroe effect.
  • share capital — A company's share capital is the money that shareholders invest in order to start or expand the business.
  • share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
  • sharecropping — the practice of cultivating farmland as a sharecropper
  • sharp-sighted — having keen sight.
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • she-crab soup — a thick, bisquelike soup made with the meat and eggs of the female crab.
  • sheep farming — agriculture: sheep raising
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