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11-letter words containing e, i, t, h

  • phonetastic — (communications)   A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
  • phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
  • phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
  • phoneticize — to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.
  • phosphatide — phospholipid.
  • phosphatize — to treat with phosphates.
  • phosphorite — a sedimentary rock sufficiently rich in phosphate minerals to be used as a source of phosphorus for fertilizers.
  • photic zone — the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis.
  • photoactive — the activation or control of a chemical, chemical reaction, or organism by light, as the activation of chlorophyll by sunlight during photosynthesis.
  • photocopier — any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.
  • photoionize — to cause to undergo or to undergo photoionization
  • photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
  • photoperiod — the interval in a 24-hour period during which a plant or animal is exposed to light.
  • photoresist — Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.
  • phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
  • phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
  • physiolater — somebody who worships nature
  • physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
  • physitheism — the attribution of physical form to gods and religious beings
  • phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
  • picture hat — a woman's hat having a very broad, flexible brim, often decorated with feathers, flowers, or the like.
  • pilot house — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
  • pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
  • pin-feather — an undeveloped feather before the web portions have expanded.
  • pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
  • pinch pleat — a narrow pleat that is usually part of a series at the top of curtains.
  • pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
  • pirate ship — vessel sailed by sea robbers
  • pitch plane — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
  • pitch-faced — (of a stone) having all arrises in the same plane and the faces roughly dressed with a pick.
  • pitchblende — a massive variety of uraninite, occurring in black pitchlike masses: a major ore of uranium and radium.
  • pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
  • pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
  • pith helmet — a hat made of dried pith or cork covered with cloth, worn in the tropics.
  • platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
  • pointy-head — stupid; idiotic.
  • polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
  • porkpie hat — a hat with a round flat crown and a brim that can be turned up or down
  • post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • 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.
  • prefectship — the position of, or period served as, a prefect
  • prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
  • prelateship — the rank of a prelate
  • priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
  • primateship — primacy (def 2).
  • privet hawk — a hawk moth, Sphinx ligustri, with a mauve-and-brown striped body: frequents privets
  • prize fight — A prize fight is a boxing match where the boxers are paid to fight, especially one that is not official.
  • prizeworthy — deserving or qualified for a prize: a prizeworthy performance.
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