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12-letter words containing a, n, t, h, o, l

  • paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
  • penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
  • phantom limb — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phentolamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 3 O, used to reduce hypertensive states caused by a catecholamine excess, as in the treatment of pheochromocytoma.
  • philanthropy — altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.
  • phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
  • phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • photoanalyst — a person who analyzes and interprets photographs, especially a military specialist in aerial or satellite photography.
  • photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
  • prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • scalding hot — that scalds; burning; too hot
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
  • shot on goal — a shot that enters the goal or would have entered the goal if it had not been blocked by the goalkeeper or another defensive player.
  • slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
  • snaggletooth — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
  • snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
  • south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
  • stranglehold — Wrestling. an illegal hold by which an opponent's breath is choked off.
  • sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • technobabble — incomprehensible technical language or jargon.
  • technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • tenochtitlan — the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.
  • thanks a lot — thank you
  • the lothians — three historic counties of SE central Scotland (now council areas): East Lothian, West Lothian, and Midlothian (including Edinburgh)
  • the lowlands — a low generally flat region of central Scotland, around the Forth and Clyde valleys, separating the Southern Uplands from the Highlands
  • the saltsjön — an inlet of the Baltic Sea in Sweden
  • theory-laden — (of an expression) capable of being understood only within the context of a specific theory, as for example superego, which requires the apparatus of Freudian theory in explanation
  • thermohaline — relating to both the temperature and salinity of ocean water
  • thessalonian — of or relating to Thessalonike or its inhabitants.
  • thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
  • thessalonike — official name of Salonika.
  • thessaloníki — official name of Salonika.
  • thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
  • toe and heel — a technique used by racing drivers while changing gear on sharp bends, in which the brake is operated by the toe (or heel) of the right foot while the heel (or toe) simultaneously operates the accelerator
  • torchon lace — a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
  • toynbee hall — a residential settlement in East London, named after Arnold Toynbee (1852–83), a British economist and social reformer
  • tyrolean hat — a man's soft felt hat with a somewhat conical crown that is flat and creased at the top, a narrow brim partially turned up, and, usually, a feather for decoration
  • unfathomable — not able to be fathomed, or completely understood; incomprehensible: heroism in the face of unfathomable conflict.
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