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

  • nonalphabetic — not employing alphabetic order
  • nonpathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
  • northern cape — the largest but least populated province in South Africa, in the NW part of the country; created in 1994 from part of Cape Province: agriculture, mining (esp diamonds). Capital: Kimberley. Pop: 1 145 861 (2011 est). Area: 139 703 sq km (361 830 sq miles)
  • northern pike — a pike, Esox lucius, of North American and Eurasian waters, valued as a game fish.
  • on the carpet — a heavy fabric, commonly of wool or nylon, for covering floors.
  • on the parish — receiving parochial relief
  • one-stop shop — an establishment where many different services or products are available
  • one-two punch — Also called one-two punch. Boxing. a left-hand jab immediately followed by a right cross.
  • open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • open brethren — one of the two main divisions of the Plymouth Brethren that, in contrast to the Exclusive Brethren, permits contacts with members outside the sect
  • open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
  • openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
  • opening night — the first performance of a theatrical attraction, taking place in the evening: The audience was full of celebrities on opening night.
  • openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
  • optical bench — an apparatus, as a special table or rigid beam, for the precise positioning of light sources, screens, and optical instruments used for optical and photometric studies, having a ruled bar to which these devices can be attached and along which they can be readily adjusted.
  • organotherapy — the branch of therapeutics that deals with the use of remedies prepared from the organs of animals, as from the thyroid gland, the pancreas, or the suprarenal bodies.
  • orthopyroxene — a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having an orthorhombic crystal structure, such as enstatite and hypersthene
  • over-shipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
  • painted horse — paint (def 6).
  • paleethnology — (formerly) the branch of ethnology concerned with the earliest or most primitive human societies.
  • pallas athena — Also, Athene [uh-thee-nee] /əˈθi ni/ (Show IPA). Also called Pallas, Pallas Athena. the virgin deity of the ancient Greeks worshiped as the goddess of wisdom, fertility, the useful arts, and prudent warfare. At her birth she sprang forth fully armed from the head of her father, Zeus. Compare Minerva.
  • panaesthetism — the belief that consciousness may be present in all matter
  • panel heating — heating of a room or building by means of wall, ceiling, floor, or baseboard panels containing heating pipes or electrical conductors.
  • pantheologist — a student of, or expert in, pantheology
  • parasynthesis — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
  • parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
  • parasyntheton — a word formed by parasynthesis; for example, kind-hearted
  • parental home — a school for problem children.
  • parenthesized — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
  • parenthetical — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
  • parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
  • part exchange — If you give an old item in part exchange for something you are buying, the seller accepts the old item as part of the payment, so you do not have to give them as much money.
  • parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
  • parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
  • parthenospore — a spore developed without fertilization.
  • party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
  • patent hammer — a hammer for dressing stone, having a head with two faces formed of a number of broad, thin chisels bolted side by side.
  • patent holder — a person or company that holds a patent
  • path-breaking — very original; ground-breaking
  • pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.
  • peanut heaven — peanut gallery (def 1).
  • penny whistle — a type of flageolet with six finger holes, esp a cheap one made of metal
  • pennyfarthing — a high bicycle of an early type, with one large wheel in front and one small wheel behind.
  • pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
  • pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
  • penthemimeral — (of a caesura) occurring after the first penthemimer of a poetic line, i.e. in the middle of the third foot
  • perchlorinate — to combine with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
  • perinephritis — the inflammation of the perinephrium
  • phalansterian — of or relating to a phalanstery.
  • phalansterism — a model of society in which members of a community live in the same space and share common belongings
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