12-letter words containing o, p, h
- port chester — a city in SE New York, on Long Island Sound.
- port hueneme — a city in S California.
- porthole die — a die having several openings for the extrusion of separate parts of an object later formed by the welding or fusing together of these parts.
- posing pouch — a thong that emphasizes the genitals
- post-harvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- posthospital — following treatment in a hospital
- posthumously — arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
- posthypnotic — of or relating to the period after hypnosis.
- postischemic — occurring after or due to ischaemia
- postmidnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
- postsphygmic — of or relating to the pulse.
- postworkshop — occurring after a workshop
- potichomania — the art or process of printing or using paint to decorate the inside of a glass vessel
- potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
- poughkeepsie — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
- powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
- power hammer — a type of mechanical hammer operated by compressed air and used by blacksmiths, metalworkers, and manufacturers
- power shovel — any self-propelled shovel for excavating earth, ore, or coal with a dipper that is powered by a diesel engine or electric motor. Compare shovel (def 2).
- power shower — a shower (device for washing yourself) that incorporates a device that increases water pressure to create a more powerful spray
- 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.
- 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.
- prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- 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.
- prior to sth — If something happens prior to a particular time or event, it happens before that time or event.
- pro-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
- pro-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- process shot — a shot in which action takes place in front of a screen on which an image already filmed is projected
- prochain ami — a next friend or next of kin
- 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.
- proof sheets — trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) read for the correction of errors; proofs
- proof theory — (logic) The branch of logic describing procedures for combining logical statements to show, by a series of truth-preserving transformations, that one statement is a consequence of some other statement or group of statements.
- prophesyings — gatherings held to expound the prophecies of the Scriptures
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- 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
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- prothonotary — a chief clerk or official in certain courts of law.
- protohistory — a branch of study concerned with the transition period between prehistory and the earliest recorded history.
- protomorphic — having a primitive character or structure.
- protosynthex — A query system for English text.