12-letter words containing o, a, t, h
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- posthospital — following treatment in a hospital
- potichomania — the art or process of printing or using paint to decorate the inside of a glass vessel
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
- pro-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- 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.
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- prostanthera — any bush of the Australian genus Prostanthera, with red or white flowers and strongly scented leaves
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- prothonotary — a chief clerk or official in certain courts of law.
- prototherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Prototheria, comprising the monotremes.
- proudhearted — full of pride.
- psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- psychopathic — of, relating to, or affected with psychopathy.
- put to death — the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
- put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- pyophthalmia — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- quarter-hoop — a hoop, especially of steel, fastened around a cask between the bilge and the chime.
- quarter-hour — a period of 15 minutes.
- rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
- radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
- radiotherapy — treatment of disease by means of x-rays or of radioactive substances.
- radiothorium — a disintegration product of thorium.
- ram sth home — If something rams home a message or a point, it makes it clear in a way that is very forceful and that people are likely to listen to.
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
- red goatfish — a goatfish, Mullus auratus.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- rephotograph — to photograph again
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- rhamphotheca — the horny covering of a bird's bill.
- rhetorically — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rhodomontade — rodomontade
- rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
- right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- rohnert park — a city in W California.
- router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
- run to earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- sacher torte — a chocolate cake covered with apricot jam and chocolate icing, usually served with whipped cream.