16-letter words containing a, p, i, n, t, h
- poitou-charentes — a region of W central France, on the Bay of Biscay: mainly low-lying
- pork scratchings — small pieces of crisply cooked pork crackling, eaten cold as an appetizer with drinks
- post-elizabethan — of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times: Elizabethan diplomacy; Elizabethan music.
- postencephalitic — inflammation of the substance of the brain.
- prince's feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
- prince's-feather — a tall, showy plant, Amaranthus hybridus erythrostachys, of the amaranth family, having reddish foliage and thick spikes of small, red flowers.
- prognostic chart — a chart showing the predicted state of the atmosphere for a given time in the future.
- protestant ethic — work ethic.
- psychic distance — the degree of emotional detachment maintained toward a person, group of people, event, etc.
- psychoanalytical — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
- purchasing agent — a person who buys materials, supplies, equipment, etc., for a company.
- put in mothballs — to postpone work on (a project, activity, etc)
- put in the shade — to appear better than (another); surpass
- rhine palatinate — See under Palatinate (def 1).
- rhinopharyngitis — inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose and pharynx.
- run a tight ship — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
- saint-john perse — (Alexis Saint-Léger Léger) 1887–1975, French diplomat and poet: Nobel Prize in literature 1960.
- sharia-compliant — (of a product or service) produced or offered in accordance with the doctrines of the sharia
- sheepskin jacket — a short jacket made of the skin of a sheep with the wool still attached to it
- shifting spanner — an adjustable spanner
- shorthand typing — shorthand and typing
- shorthand typist — A shorthand typist is a person who types and writes shorthand, usually in an office.
- slap in the face — smack on the cheek
- sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
- sodium pentothal — the sodium salt of thiopental sodium.
- south plainfield — a city in N New Jersey.
- southern baptist — a member of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in Augusta, Georgia, in 1845, that is strictly Calvinistic and active in religious publishing and education.
- spanish chestnut — Castanea sativa
- spanish omelette — an omelette made by adding green peppers, onions, tomato, etc, to the eggs
- spin the platter — a game in which one member of a group spins a platter on its edge and a designated member must catch it before it falls or pay a forfeit.
- stannic sulphide — an insoluble solid compound of tin usually existing as golden crystals or as a yellowish-brown powder: used as a pigment. Formula: SnS2
- stephen f austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
- stomach stapling — Stomach stapling is an operation in which part of the stomach is removed in order to help a person to eat less and lose weight.
- system on a chip — A system on a chip combines most of a system's elements on a single integrated circuit or chip.
- the moving party — a person who applies to a court or judge with the aim of obtaining a ruling in their favour
- thinking pattern — manner of thinking
- three-point play — a play in which a player sinks the free throw that was awarded when the player was fouled while scoring a basket.
- thrombocytopenia — an abnormal decrease in the number of blood platelets.
- to coin a phrase — You say 'to coin a phrase' to show that you realize you are making a pun or using a cliché.
- topsail schooner — a sailing vessel fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts with square sails above the foresail, and often with a square sail before the foresail.
- triphenylmethane — a colorless, crystalline, solid compound containing three benzene rings, C 19 H 16 , from which many dyes are derived.
- underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
- water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
- weatherstripping — A piece of weatherstrip material.
- white propaganda — propaganda that comes from the source it claims to come from