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

  • phonologist — a specialist in phonology.
  • photoflight — pertaining to a flight made for the purpose of aerial photography.
  • photophilic — of or relating to an organism, as a plant, that is receptive to, seeks, or thrives in light.
  • phycologist — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
  • phyllotaxis — phyllotaxy.
  • physiolater — somebody who worships nature
  • physiolatry — the worship of nature
  • phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
  • pilot chart — any of a number of charts issued to mariners by the U.S. Hydrographic Office and showing meteorological, hydrographic, and navigational conditions prevailing, or likely to prevail, subsequent to the date of issue in some part of the world: issued monthly for most areas.
  • pilot cloth — a type of thick blue cloth used esp to make sailor's coats
  • pilot house — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
  • pilot light — Also called pilot, pilot burner. a small flame kept burning continuously, as in a gas stove or furnace, to relight the main gas burners whenever necessary or desired.
  • pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
  • pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
  • 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.
  • plough into — If something, for example a car, ploughs into something else, it goes out of control and crashes violently into it.
  • 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
  • polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
  • polytrophic — (of certain bacteria) deriving nourishment from many organic substances.
  • 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.
  • postholiday — occurring after a holiday
  • 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
  • prochlorite — a dark green member of the chlorite group, usually foliated.
  • prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
  • prothalamia — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
  • prothallium — Botany. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
  • prothalloid — resembling a prothallus
  • protolithic — noting or pertaining to stone implements selected according to suitability of the form to a particular purpose without definite shaping on the part of the user.
  • protophilic — having or involving an affinity for hydrogen ions (protons)
  • psilophytic — (of a plant) that grows well in the dry savannah
  • retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
  • retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
  • rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
  • school trip — educational outing
  • scotophilic — living and flourishing in darkness.
  • shoplifting — to steal (merchandise) as a shoplifter.
  • sophistical — of the nature of sophistry; fallacious.
  • tailhopping — the act of hopping to lift the tails of the skis off the ground while flexing the knees into a crouching position
  • technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
  • telephoning — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
  • telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
  • the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
  • the dolphin — the constellation Delphinus
  • thermophile — a thermophilic organism.
  • timbrophily — the love of stamps; stamp collecting
  • toxophilite — a devotee of archery; archer.
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