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12-letter words containing e, p, n, t, h, i

  • phytonadione — vitamin K1.
  • picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
  • pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
  • pinch effect — the tendency of an electric conductor or stream of charged particles to constrict, caused by the action of a magnetic field that is produced by a flow of electricity.
  • pinch hitter — Baseball. a substitute who bats for a teammate, often at a critical moment of the game.
  • pinch-hitter — a batter who acts as a substitute for the scheduled batter
  • pitch accent — (in languages such as Ancient Greek or modern Swedish) an accent in which emphatic syllables are pronounced on a higher musical pitch relative to other syllables
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
  • pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
  • potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
  • pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
  • prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
  • preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
  • prenticeship — an apprenticeship
  • promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
  • prototherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Prototheria, comprising the monotremes.
  • pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
  • pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
  • pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
  • pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
  • pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • residentship — a person who resides in a place.
  • retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
  • saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
  • saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • siphonostele — a hollow tube of vascular tissue enclosing a pith and embedded in ground tissue.
  • soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
  • spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
  • spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
  • spinstership — the state of being a spinster
  • splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
  • spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stephen viii — died a.d. 942, pope 939–942.
  • stephenville — a town in central Texas.
  • stereophonic — pertaining to a system of sound recording or reproduction using two or more separate channels to produce a more realistic effect by capturing the spatial dimensions of a performance (the location of performers as well as their acoustic surroundings), used especially with high-fidelity recordings and reproduction systems (opposed to monophonic).
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • sycophantize — to act the sycophant
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • tape machine — a tape recorder.
  • technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
  • teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
  • the hoppings — an annual fair in Newcastle
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