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11-letter words containing p, a, t, h, e

  • tertianship — (in the Jesuit order) a period of strict discipline before the taking of final vows, beginning one or two years after ordination.
  • thallophyte — any of the Thallophyta, a plant division in some older classification schemes, comprising algae, fungi, and lichens.
  • thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
  • the baptist — John the Baptist
  • the capitol — the main building of the US Congress
  • the permian — the Permian period or rock system
  • the proteas — the national cricket team of South Africa
  • the rapture — in some Christian theologies, the bodily ascent into heaven just before Armageddon of those who are saved (see save1 (sense 8)
  • the spanish — Spaniards collectively
  • the vapours — a depressed mental condition believed originally to be the result of vaporous exhalations from the stomach
  • the-prairie — a historical novel (1827) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • theophagous — relating to theophagy or the practice of symbolically consuming the body of God or a god
  • theophanous — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • therapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thermograph — a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.
  • thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
  • thesis play — a play that develops or defends a particular thesis.
  • third space — the coffee shop considered as an alternative to a bar or restaurant as a place to socialize outside the home
  • thorn apple — any poisonous plant belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, the species of which bear capsules covered with prickly spines, especially the jimson weed, D. stramonium.
  • thread rope — cordage 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) or less in thickness.
  • three-phase — of or relating to a circuit, system, or device that is energized by three electromotive forces that differ in phase by one third of a cycle or 120°.
  • thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
  • thunderpeal — a crash of thunder; thunderclap.
  • topographer — a specialist in topography.
  • total depth — Total depth is the downward length of a well, measured by the length of pipe which is needed to reach the bottom.
  • touch paper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • touch plate — a pewter plate belonging to a guild of pewterers and bearing samples of the touchmarks of all pewterers belonging to the guild.
  • traineeship — the state or position of being a trainee.
  • transhipper — a person who tranships
  • typographer — a person skilled or engaged in typography.
  • unpathwayed — unpathed, pathless
  • up the ante — to increase the costs, risks, or considerations involved in taking an action or reaching a conclusion
  • up the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
  • up-gathered — to gather up or together: to upgather information.
  • water nymph — a nymph of the water, as a naiad, a Nereid, or an Oceanid.
  • weather map — a map or chart showing weather conditions over a wide area at a particular time, compiled from simultaneous observations at different places.
  • werepanther — (fiction) A shapeshifter who can change between panther and human form.
  • westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
  • wheeltapper — (UK, rail transport) Formerly, a railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.
  • whip-tailed — having a long, slender tail like a whip.
  • white aspen — any of various poplars, as Populus tremula, of Europe, and P. tremuloides (quaking aspen) or P. alba (white aspen) of America, having soft wood and alternate ovate leaves that tremble in the slightest breeze.
  • white pages — A directory service for locating individuals by name (by analogy with the telephone directory). The Internet supports several databases that contain basic information about users, such as electronic mail addresses, telephone numbers and postal addresses. These databases can be searched to get information about particular individuals. See Knowbot, Netfind, whois, X.500, finger.
  • white paper — paper bleached white.
  • white space — the unprinted area of a piece of printing, as of a poster or newspaper page, or of a portion of a piece of printing, as of an advertisement; blank space: White space is as effective in a layout as type.
  • whitechapel — a district in E London, England.
  • xanthophore — a chromatophore containing a yellow pigment, as in some cold-blooded animals.
  • xiphisterna — Plural form of xiphisternum.
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