11-letter words containing s, p, h, r
- phosphorous — containing trivalent phosphorus.
- photo story — photo essay.
- photoresist — Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.
- photosensor — a photocell used to detect light.
- photosphere — a sphere of light or radiance.
- phrase book — a small book containing everyday phrases and sentences and their equivalents in a foreign language, written especially for travelers.
- phrasemaker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
- phraseogram — a written symbol or combination of symbols, as in shorthand, used to represent a phrase.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- phthiriasis — crab lice infestation.
- physiatrics — physical medicine.
- physiatrist — a physician specializing in physical medicine.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- phytosterol — Biochemistry. any of various sterols obtained from plants.
- pill pusher — a medical doctor, especially one who too readily prescribes medication.
- pill-pusher — a medical doctor, especially one who too readily prescribes medication.
- pirate ship — vessel sailed by sea robbers
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- plane crash — an accident in which an aircraft hits land or water and is damaged or destroyed
- planisphere — a map of half or more of the celestial sphere with a device for indicating the part of a given location visible at a given time.
- plank-sheer — a plank or timber covering the upper ends of the frames of a wooden vessel
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polyhistory — the quality of a polyhistor
- port hudson — a village in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi, N of Baton Rouge: siege during the U.S. Civil War 1863.
- port neches — a town in SE Texas.
- porterhouse — Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
- post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- praetorship — the office of a praetor.
- prank flash — a short film or animation linked surreptitiously to an innocuous website, intended to shock unsuspecting and easily-offended users of the internet
- pre-spanish — of or relating to Spain, its people, or their language.
- preachiness — the quality of being preachy; a preachy style, esp a tedious one
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- preemphasis — a process of increasing the amplitude of certain frequencies relative to others in a signal in order to help them override noise, complemented by deemphasis before final reproduction of the signal being received.
- prefectship — the position of, or period served as, a prefect
- prefinished — coated or treated before use or sale: prefinished wood.
- prefreshman — before being a freshman
- prehensible — able to be seized or grasped.
- prehispanic — Spanish.
- prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
- prelateship — the rank of a prelate
- premiership — the head of the cabinet in France or Italy or certain other countries; first minister; prime minister.
- prep school — preparatory school.
- prepurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.