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

  • potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
  • prankishness — the quality or condition of being prankish
  • pre-hellenic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., especially before the time of Alexander the Great. Compare Hellenistic (def 3).
  • pre-shipping — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
  • pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
  • prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
  • prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
  • preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
  • prenticeship — an apprenticeship
  • preschooling — the education of preschool children.
  • press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
  • prester john — a legendary Christian monk and potentate of the Middle Ages, supposed to have had a kingdom in some remote part of Asia or Africa and associated with fabulous narratives of travel.
  • priggishness — a person who displays or demands of others pointlessly precise conformity, fussiness about trivialities, or exaggerated propriety, especially in a self-righteous or irritating manner.
  • prochein ami — next friend.
  • promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
  • prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
  • propoxyphene — Pharmacology. a nonnarcotic analgesic, C 2 2 H 2 9 NO 2 .
  • prostanthera — any bush of the Australian genus Prostanthera, with red or white flowers and strongly scented leaves
  • protosynthex — A query system for English text.
  • prototherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Prototheria, comprising the monotremes.
  • pudding-head — a stupid person
  • pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
  • punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
  • punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
  • purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
  • purple heron — an Old World heron, Ardea purpurea, having maroon, buff, and black plumage.
  • put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
  • pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
  • pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
  • pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
  • pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
  • pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
  • reaping hook — a curved cutting tool with a sharp edge, used in the cutting or harvesting of crops
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • replenishing — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • reprehension — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
  • reprehensive — the act of reprehending; reproof; censure.
  • residentship — a person who resides in a place.
  • retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
  • rhynchophore — a member of the Rhynchophora, a former name for the superfamily of beetles (Curculionoidea) that comprises the weevils and bark beetles
  • rohnert park — a city in W California.
  • rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
  • saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
  • saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
  • salesmanship — the technique of selling a product: They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.
  • sarrusophone — a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
  • scampishness — the quality of being scampish
  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
  • schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
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