11-letter words containing h, i, p, s, t
- phonologist — a specialist in phonology.
- 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.
- photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
- photoresist — Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.
- photostatic — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- phthiriasis — crab lice infestation.
- phycologist — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- phyllotaxis — phyllotaxy.
- physiatrics — physical medicine.
- physiatrist — a physician specializing in physical medicine.
- physicalist — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- physicality — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- physitheism — the attribution of physical form to gods and religious beings
- phytotomist — someone who studies or who is an expert in phytotomy
- pilot house — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pintsch gas — gas with high illuminating power made from shale oil or petroleum, used in buoys, lighthouses, and railroad cars.
- pirate ship — vessel sailed by sea robbers
- pissasphalt — a sticky semi-liquid form of bitumen that is similar to tar
- pistol shot — a shot fired from a pistol
- pistol-whip — to beat or hit (someone) repeatedly with a pistol, especially in the head and shoulder area.
- pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
- polyhistory — the quality of a polyhistor
- polylithism — (programming) A property of a data-object that can exist in many shapes and sizes, but not simultaneously; which distinguishes it from a union. It is often implemented as a set of classes (or structs) derived from a common base class (or with a common header, as in the case of structs), typically without any methods. It has been loosely described as polymorphic data.
- polyphonist — a musical composer of or theorist in polyphony
- pooh sticks — a children's game: each player throws a stick into a stream from one side of a bridge and the winner is the person whose stick emerges first on the other side
- popish plot — an imaginary conspiracy against the crown of Great Britain on the part of English Roman Catholics, fabricated in 1678 by Titus Oates as a means of gaining power.
- post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- posttyphoid — occurring as a sequela of typhoid fever.
- potshotting — the act of taking potshots
- praetorship — the office of a praetor.
- 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).
- pro-british — of or relating to Great Britain or its inhabitants.
- proctorship — a person appointed to keep watch over students at examinations.
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prosthetics — an artificial body part; a prosthesis: Hundreds of amputees volunteered to test the new prosthetics.
- prosthetist — a person skilled in making or fitting prosthetic devices.
- provostship — the office of a provost
- psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
- psychiatric — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.