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

  • triphyllous — having three leaves.
  • trisulphide — any sulphide containing three sulphur atoms per molecule
  • trophically — of or relating to nutrition; concerned in nutritive processes.
  • trophozoite — a protozoan in the metabolically active growth stage.
  • trophy wife — the young, often second, wife of a rich middle-aged man.
  • trothplight — engagement to be married; betrothal.
  • trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
  • trusteeship — Law. the office or function of a trustee.
  • tubthumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
  • tulip chair — an armchair designed by Eero Saarinen in 1956, having a contoured seat of molded plastic supported by a slender, stemlike pedestal of plastic-covered cast metal that terminates in a large, flat, round foot.
  • turnip moth — a common noctuid moth, Agrotis segetum, drab grey-brown in colour, the larvae of which feed on root crops and brassica stems
  • typographia — matter relating to printing or printers
  • typographic — of or relating to typography.
  • tyroglyphid — a tick or mite of the family Tyroglyphidae
  • unprophetic — not prophetic, not seeing future events correctly
  • upper sixth — (in England, Wales and Northern Ireland) the final year of sixth form
  • uprightness — erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
  • uptightness — the quality or state of being uptight
  • utnapishtim — the favorite of the gods, who survived the great flood and became immortal.
  • watchspring — the main spring inside a watch
  • westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
  • whip-tailed — having a long, slender tail like a whip.
  • whippletree — whiffletree.
  • whistle pig — a woodchuck.
  • whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
  • white aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
  • white pages — A directory service for locating individuals by name (by analogy with the telephone directory). The Internet supports several databases that contain basic information about users, such as electronic mail addresses, telephone numbers and postal addresses. These databases can be searched to get information about particular individuals. See Knowbot, Netfind, whois, X.500, finger.
  • white paper — paper bleached white.
  • white perch — a small game fish, Morone americana, greenish-gray above and silvery below, inhabiting streams along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
  • white space — the unprinted area of a piece of printing, as of a poster or newspaper page, or of a portion of a piece of printing, as of an advertisement; blank space: White space is as effective in a layout as type.
  • whitechapel — a district in E London, England.
  • whiteprints — Plural form of whiteprint.
  • whoop it up — a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.
  • with a bump — If someone comes down to earth with a bump, they suddenly start recognizing unpleasant facts after a period of time when they have not been doing this.
  • witherspoonJohn, 1723–94, U.S. theologian and statesman, born in Scotland.
  • xerophytism — (botany) The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is scarce.
  • xiphisterna — Plural form of xiphisternum.
  • xiphocostal — Pertaining to the xiphoid process and the ribs.
  • xylophonist — A person who plays or performs with the xylophone.
  • zoanthropic — relating to or displaying zoanthropy
  • zoophilists — Plural form of zoophilist.
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