16-letter words containing s, p, h
- lighthouse point — a city in NW Florida.
- live in the past — If you accuse someone of living in the past, you mean that they think too much about the past or believe that things are the same as they were in the past.
- liver of sulphur — a mixture of potassium sulphides used as a fungicide and insecticide and in the treatment of skin diseases
- lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
- lymphatic system — an extensive network of capillary vessels that transports the interstitial fluid of the body as lymph to the venous blood circulation
- lymphatic tissue — tissue, such as the lymph nodes, tonsils, spleen, and thymus, that produces lymphocytes
- mach's principle — the proposition that there is no absolute space and that the inertia and acceleration of a body are determined by all of the matter of the universe.
- macpherson strut — an automobile suspension-system component that consists of a strut combined with a spring and shock absorber and connects the wheel to the frame of the vehicle.
- malchus-porphyry — (Malchus) a.d. c233–c304, Greek philosopher.
- maremma sheepdog — a large strongly-built sheepdog of a breed with a long, slightly wavy, white coat
- matthew of paris — c1200–59, English chronicler.
- mechanoreceptors — Plural form of mechanoreceptor.
- metamorphosising — Present participle of metamorphosise.
- methamphetamines — Methamphetamine.
- microphotographs — Plural form of microphotograph.
- microsporophylls — Plural form of microsporophyll.
- microstethoscope — a stethoscope containing an apparatus that greatly amplifies the sounds heard.
- misanthropically — In a misanthropic manner.
- misapprehensions — Plural form of misapprehension.
- miscomprehension — the act or process of comprehending.
- mit lisp machine — Lisp Machine
- moral philosophy — philosophy dealing with the principles of morality; ethics.
- morphophysiology — The (study of the) biological interrelationship between form and physiological function.
- neapolitan sixth — (in musical harmony) a chord composed of the subdominant of the key, plus a minor third and a minor sixth. Harmonically it is equivalent to the first inversion of a major chord built upon the flattened supertonic
- nephrocalcinosis — (medicine) The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
- neurohypophyseal — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
- neurohypophysial — Relating to the neurohypophysis.
- neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
- neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
- neuropsychiatric — Of or pertaining to neuropsychiatry; simultaneously neurological and psychiatric.
- neutrosophic set — (logic) A generalisation of the intuitionistic set, classical set, fuzzy set, paraconsistent set, dialetheist set, paradoxist set, tautological set based on Neutrosophy. An element x(T, I, F) belongs to the set in the following way: it is t true in the set, i indeterminate in the set, and f false, where t, i, and f are real numbers taken from the sets T, I, and F with no restriction on T, I, F, nor on their sum n=t+i+f. The neutrosophic set generalises: - the intuitionistic set, which supports incomplete set theories (for 0
- niche publishing — publishing books that are intended for a very specialized market
- non-apprehension — anticipation of adversity or misfortune; suspicion or fear of future trouble or evil.
- non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- nonphysiological — of or relating to physiology.
- north massapequa — a city on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- northamptonshire — a county in central England. 914 sq. mi. (2365 sq. km).
- oesophagogastric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
- on the same page — one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- on the scrapheap — (of people or things) having outlived their usefulness
- on-the-spot fine — a fine that is charged immediately upon being caught and found guilty of a crime
- open parenthesis — left parenthesis
- open scholarship — a scholarship which anyone can apply for
- ophthalmologists — Plural form of ophthalmologist.
- ophthalmoparesis — (medicine) A partial or complete paralysis of the extraocular muscles which are responsible for eye movements.
- opportunity shop — a shop selling second-hand goods for charitable funds
- organophosphates — Plural form of organophosphate.
- organophosphorus — Denoting synthetic organic compounds containing phosphorus, especially pesticides and nerve gases of this kind.
- orthosympathetic — Of or pertaining to the sympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system.