12-letter words containing h, p, c
- tachyphrasia — a communication disorder involving rapid, unintelligible speech
- tampico hemp — a stiff fiber obtained from the leaves of various species of Agave, as A. falcata or A. sisalana.
- tape machine — a tape recorder.
- tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
- tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
- terephthalic — relating to, designating, or derived from terephthalic acid or its derivatives
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- the cenotaph — the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
- the pictures — a cinema or film show
- the pliocene — the Pliocene epoch or rock series
- the preacher — the author of Ecclesiastes or the book of Ecclesiastes
- the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
- theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
- thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
- thermotropic — oriented growth of an organism in response to heat.
- thick-lipped — having thick lips
- thinking cap — a state of mind marked by reflection or concentration: If we put on our thinking caps, we may come up with the answer.
- thoracoscope — an instrument used for examining the pleural cavity
- thyrotrophic — capable of stimulating the thyroid gland.
- 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
- toxicophobia — an intense fear of poisoning
- toxophilitic — of or relating to a person who loves archery
- tracheophyte — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
- trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichinopoly — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- trichophyton — a parasitic fungus belonging to the genus Trichophyton that can infect human skin, hair, and nails
- trichopteran — trichopterous.
- trichopteron — trichopteran.
- trophobiotic — involving, belonging or relating to trophobiosis
- trophotactic — of or relating to trophotaxis
- trophotropic — of or relating to trophotropism
- trophy child — anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- undeciphered — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
- unreproached — not reproached, criticized, or scolded
- unsepulchred — not sepulchred
- up the creek — U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river.