11-letter words containing a, p, t, h
- post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- potato chip — a thin slice of potato fried until crisp and usually salted.
- potato moth — a gelechiid moth, Phthorimaea operculella, the larvae of which feed on the leaves and bore into the tubers of potatoes and other solanaceous plants.
- potty-chair — a small chair with an open seat over a removable pot, for use by a child during toilet training.
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- praetorship — the office of a praetor.
- pre-ethical — not governed by ethics, or not having an ethical or moral aspect
- predispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- prelateship — the rank of a prelate
- preterhuman — beyond what is human: preterhuman experience.
- primateship — primacy (def 2).
- privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prognathous — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prothalamia — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothallium — Botany. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
- prothalloid — resembling a prothallus
- prothoracic — relating to an insect's prothorax
- protopathic — noting or pertaining to a general, nondiscriminating responsiveness to pain or temperature stimuli (opposed to epicritic).
- psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.
- psychiatric — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychopathy — a mental disorder in which an individual manifests amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- ptochocracy — government by the poor
- purehearted — (of a person) without malice, treachery, or evil intent; honest; sincere; guileless.
- purpleheart — the hard, purplish wood of any of several South American trees belonging to the genus Peltogyne, of the legume family, used for making furniture.
- pythagorean — of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retinopathy — any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory.
- retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- sales pitch — promotional talk
- saprophytic — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- satanophany — a manifestation or incarnation of Satan; demonic possession
- saxophonist — musician who plays saxophone
- scotch snap — a rhythmic pattern consisting of a short note followed by a long one
- scotch tape — clear adhesive tape
- scotch-tape — to fasten or mend with Scotch tape.
- scratch pad — a pad of paper used for jotting down ideas, informal notes, preliminary writing, etc.
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- senatorship — the office or position of a senator
- serotherapy — therapy by means of injections of a serum obtained especially from an immune animal.
- sex therapy — treatment of sexual disorders that have psychological causes, employing psychiatric counseling, behavior modification, and education.
- shag carpet — shag pile carpet
- sheep track — a pathway made by and used by sheep, often in rocky or mountainous terrain, and sometimes followed by hikers
- shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.