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13-letter words containing y, e, a, r, h

  • parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
  • parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
  • parry channel — a water channel in N Canada running between Baffin Bay on the E and the Arctic Ocean on the W: separates the Queen Elizabeth Islands (N) from the rest of the Arctic Archipelago.
  • parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
  • party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
  • pay the piper — a person who plays on a pipe.
  • pearly whites — white and lustrous as a pearl.
  • pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • perilymphatic — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
  • peripherality — the quality of being peripheral
  • perishability — subject to decay, ruin, or destruction: perishable fruits and vegetables.
  • petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • pharyngealize — to pronounce with pharyngeal coarticulation.
  • pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
  • pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
  • phosphorylase — any enzyme, occurring widely in animal and plant tissue, that in the presence of an inorganic phosphate catalyzes the conversion of glycogen into sugar phosphate.
  • phosphorylate — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
  • photo gallery — display of collected photographs
  • phreatophytic — of, possessing the properties of, or relating to a phreatophyte
  • phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
  • physiotherapy — physical therapy.
  • phytoplankter — a minute organism which constitutes part of phytoplankton
  • plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
  • primary cache — (hardware, architecture)   (L1 cache, level one cache) A small, fast cache memory inside or close to the CPU chip. For example, an Intel 80486 has an eight-kilobyte on-chip cache, and most Pentiums have a 16-KB on-chip level one cache that consists of an 8-KB instruction cache and an 8-KB data cache. The larger, slower secondary cache is normally connected to the CPU via its external bus.
  • privy chamber — a private apartment in a royal residence.
  • prophetically — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • psychobabbler — a person who uses psychobabble
  • psychographer — a person who writes a psychograph; a psychological or psychographic biographer.
  • psychotherapy — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
  • pterylography — the description of the feather arrangement on birds
  • pyretotherapy — therapy by raising the body temperature, as by diathermy or by artificially inducing fever.
  • pyrimethamine — a potent substance, C 1 2 H 1 3 ClN 4 , used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
  • pyrophosphate — a salt or ester of pyrophosphoric acid.
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
  • rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
  • rayleigh wave — a wave along the surface of a solid, elastic body, especially along the surface of the earth.
  • reality check — a corrective confronting of reality, in order to counteract one's expectations, prejudices, or the like.
  • reproachfully — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
  • rheologically — in a rheological manner
  • richard petty — Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
  • right you are — If someone says 'right you are', they are agreeing to do something in a very willing and happy way.
  • royal charter — authorization by the monarchy
  • saccharimetry — the process of measuring the amount of sugar in a sample, as with a saccharimeter or by polarimetry.
  • saccharometry — the process of determining the quantity of sugar in a solution
  • saccharomyces — a fungus of the genus Saccharomyces, esp the yeast plant
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • shock therapy — (not in technical use) any of various therapies, as insulin shock therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, that induce convulsions or unconsciousness, used for symptomatic relief in certain mental disorders.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
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