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

  • chapultepec — a rocky hill in Mexico City: captured (Sept., 1847) in an American assault led by Gen. Winfield Scott in the Mexican War
  • charpentier — Gustave (ɡystav). 1860–1956, French composer, whose best-known work is the opera Louise (1900)
  • cheap skate — a person who is stingy and miserly.
  • cheapskates — Plural form of cheapskate.
  • cheek strap — (of a bridle) one of two straps passing over the cheeks of the horse and connecting the crown piece with the bit or noseband.
  • chiasmatypy — the process of chiasma formation, which is the basis for crossing over.
  • chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
  • chip basket — a wire basket for holding potato chips, etc, while frying in deep fat
  • chip heater — a domestic water heater that burns chips of wood
  • chiropteran — of, relating to, or belonging to the Chiroptera, an order of placental mammals comprising the bats
  • chloroplast — a plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments, occurring in plants and algae that carry out photosynthesis
  • chou pastry — cream puff paste.
  • chrome tape — magnetic recording tape coated with chrome dioxide
  • chromeplate — to plate with chromium.
  • chromoplast — a coloured plastid in a plant cell, esp one containing carotenoids
  • coach party — a group of people who travel together on a coach trip
  • complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
  • crapshooter — a person who plays the game of craps
  • creatorship — a person or thing that creates.
  • cross-patch — a bad-tempered or irritable person.
  • cryotherapy — medical treatment in which all or part of the body is subjected to cold temperatures, as by means of ice packs
  • cryptarithm — a type of mathematical puzzle in which the digits of an equation have been substituted by letters
  • cryptograph — something written in code or cipher
  • ctenophoran — of a ctenophore
  • curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
  • cycadophyte — any plant belonging to the phylum Cycadophyta
  • cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
  • cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
  • cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
  • deep throat — an anonymous source of secret information
  • dephlegmate — to remove watery substances from (acids or spirits) in order to purify
  • depth gauge — a device attached to a drill bit to prevent the hole from exceeding a predetermined depth
  • deputy head — a vice-principal
  • despatching — Present participle of despatch.
  • diaphaneity — the quality of being diaphanous; transparency.
  • diaphoretic — relating to or causing sweat
  • diastrophic — Also called tectonism. the action of the forces that cause the earth's crust to be deformed, producing continents, mountains, changes of level, etc.
  • diophantine — Alternative capitalization of Diophantine.
  • diphosphate — a pyrophosphate.
  • diphthongal — Pertaining to a diphthong.
  • diphthongia — diplophonia.
  • dispatchers — Plural form of dispatcher.
  • dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
  • dispatching — Send off to a destination or for a purpose.
  • dittography — reduplication of letters or syllables in writing, printing, etc., usually through error.
  • donut peach — fruit
  • drop a hint — If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way.
  • dyspathetic — characterized by dyspathy
  • earthperson — a human inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
  • easthampton — a city in W Massachusetts.
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