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12-letter words containing n, e, a, t, h, p

  • metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
  • misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
  • narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
  • naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
  • neoanthropic — neanthropic.
  • nephropathic — characterized by or relating to nephropathy
  • neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
  • neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
  • neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
  • night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
  • non-empathic — of, relating to, or characterized by empathy, the psychological identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.
  • nonphosphate — lacking or absent of a phosphate or phosphate compound
  • north platte — a river flowing from N Colorado through SE Wyoming and W Nebraska into the Platte. 618 miles (995 sq. km) long.
  • on the cheap — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
  • on the panel — receiving sickness benefit, esp from the government
  • open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
  • open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
  • orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
  • panaesthesia — an individual's general awareness or perception
  • pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
  • pantothenate — a widely occurring derivative of pantothenic acid
  • paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
  • parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
  • parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
  • parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
  • patent right — the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
  • pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
  • pathlessness — the state of being pathless
  • pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
  • pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
  • pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
  • penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
  • pentahydrate — a hydrate that contains five molecules of water, as potassium molybdate, KMoO 4 ⋅5H 2 O.
  • pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
  • pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
  • penthesileia — the daughter of Ares and queen of the Amazons, whom she led to the aid of Troy. She was slain by Achilles
  • phanerophyte — a tree or shrub that bears its perennating buds more than 25 cm above the level of the soil
  • phenanthrene — a colorless, shiny, crystalline, water-insoluble isomer of anthracene, C 1 4 H 1 0 , derived from coal tar: used chiefly in dyestuffs and in the synthesis of drugs.
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phentolamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 3 O, used to reduce hypertensive states caused by a catecholamine excess, as in the treatment of pheochromocytoma.
  • phonasthenia — difficult or abnormal voice production; vocal weakness.
  • phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
  • phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • photo-ageing — premature wrinkling of the skin caused by overexposure to sunlight
  • photoengrave — to make a photoengraving of.
  • photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
  • photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
  • photomontage — a combination of several photographs joined together for artistic effect or to show more of the subject than can be shown in a single photograph.
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • phytonadione — vitamin K1.
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