14-letter words containing a, n, t, h, o, p
- pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
- pitch invasion — If there is a pitch invasion during or after a football, rugby, or cricket match, fans run on to the pitch.
- 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.
- pithecanthrope — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Pithecanthropus.
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polar zenithal — a type of map projection in which part of the earth's surface is projected onto a plane tangential to it at one of the poles
- porphyrization — reduction to a powder, formerly done on a slab of porphyry.
- pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
- profit sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
- profit-sharing — the sharing of profits, as between employer and employee, especially in such a way that the employee receives, in addition to wages, a share in the profits of the business.
- project athena — (project) A distributed system project for support of educational and research computing at MIT. Much of the software developed is now in wider use, especially the X Window System.
- protohistorian — a student of or expert in protohistory
- psilanthropism — the doctrine that Jesus Christ was only a human being.
- psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human
- psychoanalytic — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- punch operator — a person who enters data into cards by means of punching holes
- put on the map — a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- put on the pan — to criticize severely
- put the arm on — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
- pythagoreanism — the doctrines of Pythagoras and his followers, especially the belief that the universe is the manifestation of various combinations of mathematical ratios.
- 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.
- roentgenograph — roentgenogram.
- rogue elephant — a vicious elephant that has been exiled from the herd.
- roman alphabet — Latin alphabet.
- röntgenography — radiography
- shoo-fly plant — apple of Peru.
- shooting party — a social gathering when people shoot game together
- shop assistant — a store clerk.
- shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
- siphonapterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Siphonaptera, comprising the fleas.
- sophisticating — a sophisticated person.
- sophistication — sophisticated character, ideas, tastes, or ways as the result of education, worldly experience, etc.: the sophistication of the wealthy.
- south pasadena — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- south portland — a city in SW Maine.
- spanish burton — any of several tackles employing a runner in addition to the fall.
- spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
- spider phaeton — (formerly) a light horse-drawn carriage with a high body and large slender wheels
- spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
- sportfisherman — a motorboat fitted out for sportfishing.
- steganographer — an expert in steganography
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
- sulphonmethane — a colourless crystalline compound used medicinally as a hypnotic. Formula: C7H16O4S2
- sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
- synoptic chart — a chart showing the distribution of meteorological conditions over a wide region at a given moment.
- telephone bank — an array of telephones used in large-scale telephoning operations, as for a political campaign.
- telephone call — contact by phone
- telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.