13-letter words containing y, o, g, h
- phantasmagory — phantasmagoria.
- pharmacognosy — materia medica (def 2).
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- pharyngoscopy — an examination by means of a pharyngoscope.
- phenomenology — the study of phenomena.
- photo gallery — display of collected photographs
- photo-biology — the study of the effects of light on biological systems.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
- phyllophagous — (of an organism) feeding on leaves.
- physiognomies — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physiographic — the science of physical geography.
- physiological — of or relating to physiology.
- physostigmine — an alkaloid, C 1 5 H 2 1 N 3 O 2 , used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease to raise the level of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine and also as a miotic in glaucoma.
- phytoestrogen — an estrogen-like compound occurring naturally in plants of the legume family and in grains, vegetables, and fruits.
- phytopathogen — an organism that causes disease in plants
- plagiocephaly — a deformity of the skull in which one side is more developed in the front, and the other side is more developed in the rear.
- plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
- polygamophile — a person who approves of or countenances polygamy, especially as practiced by others.
- polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- prosopography — a study of a collection of persons or characters, especially their appearances, careers, personalities, etc., within a historical, literary, or social context.
- psychobiology — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
- psychogenesis — genesis of the psyche.
- psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
- 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.
- psychological — of or relating to psychology.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- psychosurgery — treatment of mental disorders by means of brain surgery.
- psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- pterylography — the description of the feather arrangement on birds
- q-methodology — a statistical methodology used by psychologists to identify alternative world-views, opinions, interpretations, etc, in terms of statistically independent patterns of response recognized by clustering together individuals whose orderings of items, typically attitude statements, are similar
- r-methodology — any statistical methodology in psychology that is contrasted with Q-methodology
- remythologize — to mythologize anew, to make a new mythological system out of (an existing one)
- rheologically — in a rheological manner
- rhyparography — the painting of still-life, esp of sordid or unpleasant subjects
- right you are — If someone says 'right you are', they are agreeing to do something in a very willing and happy way.
- rotary plough — an implement with a series of blades mounted on a power-driven shaft, used to break up soil or weeds
- spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
- spiny dogfish — any of several dogfish sharks of the genus Squalus, having a spine in front of each of the two dorsal fins, especially S. acanthias, inhabiting Atlantic coastal waters.
- splanchnology — the visceral system
- steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
- string theory — a slender cord or thick thread used for binding or tying; line.
- surgery hours — the period of time each day when a doctor's surgery or office is open
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- synchronizing — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.