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11-letter words containing a, p, t, h

  • synthespian — a computer-generated image of a film actor, esp used in place of the real actor when shooting special effects or stunts
  • tachygraphy — shorthand, especially the ancient Greek and Roman handwriting used for rapid stenography and writing.
  • tachyphasia — a communication disorder characterized by excessively rapid or voluble speech
  • tailhopping — the act of hopping to lift the tails of the skis off the ground while flexing the knees into a crouching position
  • tamper with — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
  • taphephobia — an abnormal fear of being buried alive.
  • taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
  • tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
  • teachership — a person who teaches or instructs, especially as a profession; instructor.
  • technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
  • tehuantepec — Isthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
  • telegraphed — an apparatus, system, or process for transmitting messages or signals to a distant place, especially by means of an electric device consisting essentially of a sending instrument and a distant receiving instrument connected by a conducting wire or other communications channel.
  • telegraphic — of or relating to the telegraph.
  • telepathist — a student of or believer in telepathy.
  • telepathize — to communicate with by telepathy.
  • teletherapy — treatment in which the source of therapy is some distance from the body, as certain radiation therapies.
  • tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
  • tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
  • tertianship — (in the Jesuit order) a period of strict discipline before the taking of final vows, beginning one or two years after ordination.
  • thallophyte — any of the Thallophyta, a plant division in some older classification schemes, comprising algae, fungi, and lichens.
  • thanatopsis — a view or contemplation of death.
  • thatch palm — any of several fan palms, especially of the genera Sabal, Thrinax, or Coccothrinax, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
  • thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
  • the baptist — John the Baptist
  • the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
  • the permian — the Permian period or rock system
  • the proteas — the national cricket team of South Africa
  • the rapture — in some Christian theologies, the bodily ascent into heaven just before Armageddon of those who are saved (see save1 (sense 8)
  • the spanish — Spaniards collectively
  • the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
  • the-prairie — a historical novel (1827) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • theophagous — relating to theophagy or the practice of symbolically consuming the body of God or a god
  • theophanous — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • therapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thermograph — a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.
  • thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
  • thesis play — a play that develops or defends a particular thesis.
  • third party — any party to an incident, case, quarrel, etc., who is incidentally involved.
  • third space — the coffee shop considered as an alternative to a bar or restaurant as a place to socialize outside the home
  • thorn apple — any poisonous plant belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, the species of which bear capsules covered with prickly spines, especially the jimson weed, D. stramonium.
  • thread rope — cordage 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) or less in thickness.
  • three-phase — of or relating to a circuit, system, or device that is energized by three electromotive forces that differ in phase by one third of a cycle or 120°.
  • thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.
  • thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
  • thunderpeal — a crash of thunder; thunderclap.
  • tomographic — relating to tomography
  • topographer — a specialist in topography.
  • topographic — the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality.
  • torsiograph — a graph indicating vibrating movements
  • total depth — Total depth is the downward length of a well, measured by the length of pipe which is needed to reach the bottom.
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