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14-letter words containing a, d, i, p, h

  • photoduplicate — photocopy.
  • photooxidation — oxidation induced by light.
  • photooxidative — of or relating to photooxidation
  • pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
  • pitch and putt — of or relating to a small-scale golf course, 5 to 20 acres, and usually having 9 holes of 50 yards in length from tee to cup.
  • pitch-and-putt — of or relating to a small-scale golf course, 5 to 20 acres, and usually having 9 holes of 50 yards in length from tee to cup.
  • pitch-and-toss — a game in which players toss coins at a mark, the person whose coin hits closest to the mark tossing all the coins in the air and winning all those that come down heads up.
  • pitched battle — a battle in which the orderly arrangement of armed forces and the location have been predetermined.
  • play the field — an expanse of open or cleared ground, especially a piece of land suitable or used for pasture or tillage.
  • polysaccharide — a carbohydrate, as starch, inulin, or cellulose, containing more than three monosaccharide units per molecule, the units being attached to each other in the manner of acetals, and therefore capable of hydrolysis by acids or enzymes to monosaccharides.
  • prawn-sandwich — characterizing or belonging to the type of spectator at a football match who is motivated to attend more by the corporate hospitality available than a true devotion to a particular club
  • preestablished — to establish beforehand.
  • pride of china — the chinaberry, Melia azedarach.
  • pseudaesthesia — imaginary sensation, like that of an amputated limb
  • pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
  • pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
  • pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
  • pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
  • psychodynamics — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
  • public holiday — national day off work
  • pyramid scheme — pyramid (def 8).
  • radioautograph — autoradiograph.
  • radiographical — the production of radiographs.
  • radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • radiotherapist — radiologist
  • radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
  • sandwich panel — a structural panel consisting of a core of one material enclosed between two sheets of a different material.
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • shrink-wrapped — A shrink-wrapped product is sold in a tight covering of thin plastic.
  • shropshire lad — a volume of poetry (1896) by A. E. Housman.
  • simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
  • spanish armada — Armada (def 1).
  • spanish dagger — a stemless or short-trunked plant, Yucca gloriosa, of the agave family, native to the southeastern U.S., having leaves nearly 2½ feet (75 cm) long, with a stiff, sharp point, and greenish-white or reddish flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide.
  • speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
  • standard pitch — concert pitch
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • sulphanilamide — a white odourless crystalline compound formerly used in medicine in the treatment of bacterial infections. Formula: NH2C6H4SO2NH2
  • sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
  • sulphuric acid — Sulphuric acid is a colourless, oily, and very powerful acid.
  • terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
  • the hispanidad — the common values and cultural attitudes shared between and linking Spain and the other Spanish-speaking countries of the world
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the-pathfinder — a historical novel (1840) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
  • traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
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