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12-letter words containing p, e, r, i, t, h

  • neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
  • night person — a person who prefers to stay up late or who functions best during the nighttime hours.
  • night porter — A night porter is a person whose job is to be on duty at the main reception desk of a hotel throughout the night.
  • night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
  • operatorship — (in the oil and gas industries) the right to operate a well, field, or other oil source.
  • oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
  • ornithopters — Plural form of ornithopter.
  • orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
  • orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
  • orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
  • orthopterist — someone who studies the Orthoptera
  • orthopteroid — (zoology) Any of the insects historically included in the order Orthoptera, including the cockroaches, earwigs, praying mantises, etc.
  • overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
  • overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
  • paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
  • paraesthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
  • paraesthetic — paresthesia.
  • paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
  • parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
  • parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
  • parity check — a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd.
  • patent right — the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
  • pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
  • patriarchate — the office, dignity, jurisdiction, province, or residence of an ecclesiastical patriarch.
  • pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
  • peltier heat — the heat gained or lost at a junction of a thermocouple due to the Peltier effect.
  • perichaetial — denoting the leaves in mosses that surround the archegonia and, later, the base of the sporophyte
  • perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
  • pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
  • periphrastic — circumlocutory; roundabout.
  • peristrephic — that turns around or revolves
  • peritrichate — (of bacteria) having flagella on the entire surface.
  • peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
  • petite sirah — a dry red wine produced mainly in California
  • petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
  • petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
  • petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
  • phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
  • photo relief — a method of showing the configuration of the relief of an area by photographing a model of it that is illuminated by a lamp in the northwest corner
  • photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • photothermic — pertaining to the thermal effects of light.
  • phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
  • phrontistery — a place or establishment for thinking, studying, or learning
  • phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
  • pi character — any special character, such as an accent or mathematical symbol, which is not normally obtained in a standard type fount
  • picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
  • picture show — motion picture.
  • picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
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