12-letter words containing p, a, t, h, o, l
- polythiazide — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 3 ClF 3 N 3 O 4 S 3 , used as a diuretic in the management of edema and hypertension.
- polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- posthospital — following treatment in a hospital
- pro-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- pyophthalmia — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- scoptophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
- shore patrol — (often initial capital letters) members of an organization in the U.S. Navy having police duties similar to those performed by military police. Abbreviation: SP.
- slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
- south platte — a river flowing NE from central Colorado to the Platte River in W Nebraska. 424 miles (683 km) long.
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- tax loophole — a legal way of avoiding the payment of tax, or part of a tax bill, due to a gap in tax legislation
- technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
- telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- to play host — If a person or country plays host to an event or an important visitor, they host the event or the visit.
- to talk shop — If you say that people are talking shop, you mean that they are talking about their work, and this is boring for other people who do not do the same work.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trophallaxis — (among social insects) the exchange of nutriments or other secretions between members of a colony.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- whaling port — a home port for whaling vessels.
- white poplar — Also called abele. an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S., having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery-white down.
- yachtspeople — Plural form of yachtsperson.