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

  • pointy-headed — stupid; idiotic.
  • polytechnical — relating to a technical school
  • polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
  • post exchange — a retail store on an army installation that sells goods and services to military personnel and their dependents and to certain authorized civilian personnel. Abbreviation: PX.
  • pre-christian — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the Christian Era.
  • preanesthetic — a substance that produces a preliminary or light anesthesia.
  • preattachment — an act of attaching or the state of being attached.
  • presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
  • psychasthenia — Psychiatry. (no longer in technical use) a neurosis marked by fear, anxiety, phobias, etc.
  • psychasthenic — a person who has psychasthenia
  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • pyrimethamine — a potent substance, C 1 2 H 1 3 ClN 4 , used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
  • pyrotechnical — of or relating to pyrotechnics.
  • pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
  • ramapithecine — of or relating to an extinct hominoid of the genus Ramapithecus
  • rapprochement — an establishment or reestablishment of harmonious relations: a rapprochement reached between warring factions.
  • rhaetian alps — a section of the central Alps along E Switzerland's borders with Austria and Italy. Highest peak: Piz Bernina, 4049 m (13 284 ft)
  • sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
  • sheep station — a large sheep farm
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • ship decanter — a glass decanter with a very wide base.
  • snap the whip — crack the whip (def 2).
  • southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
  • space heating — the heating of a limited area, as a room, by means of a heater (space heater) within the area.
  • spenta amesha — Amesha Spenta.
  • spotted hyena — a long-legged carnivorous doglike mammal native to Africa and S Asia (Crocuta crocuta)
  • stamp machine — a machine used for stamping documents, as with the time, etc
  • statesmanship — the ability, qualifications, or practice of a statesman; wisdom and skill in the management of public affairs.
  • steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
  • straighten up — stand straighter
  • striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
  • technopolitan — of or relating to a place or society dominated by technology
  • telencephalic — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • telencephalon — the anterior section of the forebrain comprising the cerebrum and related structures.
  • telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
  • terpsichorean — pertaining to dancing.
  • the antipodes — Australia and New Zealand
  • the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
  • the paleocene — the Paleocene Epoch or its rocks
  • the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
  • the pants off — If someone bores, charms, or scares the pants off you, for example, they bore, charm, or scare you a lot.
  • the whip hand — If you have the whip hand, you have power over someone else in a particular situation.
  • theanthropism — the doctrine of the union of the divine and human natures, especially the manifestation of God as man in Christ.
  • thespian lion — a lion that attacked the flocks of Amphitryon and was killed by Hercules.
  • thysanopteran — Also, thysanopterous. belonging or pertaining to the insect order Thysanoptera, comprising the thrips.
  • thysanopteron — thysanopteran.
  • tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
  • tip one's hat — to take off, raise, or touch one's hat in salutation
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