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12-letter words containing h, i, p, o, t

  • spanish foot — a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.
  • spatiography — the study of the characteristics of space beyond the atmosphere, including the mapping of the movements of celestial bodies and the recording of electrical, magnetic, and gravitational effects, especially those likely to affect missiles and spacecraft.
  • spermophytic — able to produce seed
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
  • sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
  • sports shirt — a long- or short-sleeved soft shirt for informal wear by men, having a squared-off shirttail that may be left outside the trousers, usually worn without a tie.
  • spotlighting — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
  • stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
  • stegophilist — a person who enjoys climbing up the outside of buildings
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • 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).
  • stethoscopic — pertaining to the stethoscope or to stethoscopy.
  • stockpunisht — punished by being put in stocks
  • strophanthin — a very poisonous, bitter glycoside or mixture of glycosides obtained from the dried, ripe seeds of a strophanthus, especially Strophanthus kombe, used as a cardiac stimulant.
  • strophiolate — having a strophiole
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
  • sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sycophantize — to act the sycophant
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • tampico hemp — a stiff fiber obtained from the leaves of various species of Agave, as A. falcata or A. sisalana.
  • 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.
  • teratophobia — fear of giving birth to a monster
  • tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
  • the hoppings — an annual fair in Newcastle
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • the passions — feeling, as opposed to reason
  • the pliocene — the Pliocene epoch or rock series
  • the pointers — the two brightest stars in the Plough (Dubhe and Merak), which lie in the direction pointing towards the Pole Star and are therefore used to locate it
  • the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
  • the-pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
  • theophylline — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theobromine, extracted from tea leaves or produced synthetically: used to relieve bronchial spasms, in the treatment of certain heart conditions, and as a diuretic.
  • thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
  • thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.
  • thermotropic — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
  • thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
  • third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
  • thomas paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
  • throw pillow — a small pillow placed on a chair, couch, etc., primarily for decoration.
  • thyrotrophic — capable of stimulating the thyroid gland.
  • to the point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • topstitching — decorative stitching, usually near and parallel to a seam, sewn so as to be visible on the right side of a garment, shoe, belt, etc.
  • touch-typing — the act of typing without having to look at the keys of the typewriter or computer keyboard
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