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

  • pinch hitter — Baseball. a substitute who bats for a teammate, often at a critical moment of the game.
  • pinch-hitter — a batter who acts as a substitute for the scheduled batter
  • pirate perch — a purplish North American freshwater fish, Aphredoderus sayanus, the adult of which has the vent located in back of the lower jaw.
  • pitch circle — an imaginary circle within the profiles of the teeth of a gear, such that it rotates against a similar circle rotating at the same rate on a meshing gear.
  • pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
  • poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
  • point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
  • pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
  • 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.
  • poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
  • praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
  • pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
  • preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
  • preestablish — to establish beforehand.
  • 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.
  • prenticeship — an apprenticeship
  • prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
  • prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
  • prizefighter — a contest between boxers for a prize, a sum of money, etc.; a professional boxing match.
  • 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.
  • propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
  • prototherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Prototheria, comprising the monotremes.
  • psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
  • pteridophyte — any plant of the division Pteridophyta, characterized by vascular tissue and differentiation into root, stem, and leaves, comprising the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses.
  • put it there — You say 'Put it there!' to someone when you are asking them to shake hands with you, because you agree with them or want to congratulate them.
  • pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
  • pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
  • pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
  • pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
  • pyromorphite — a mineral, lead chlorophosphate, Pb 5 P 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring in crystalline and massive forms, and of a green, yellow, or brown color; green lead ore: a minor ore of lead.
  • pyrophyllite — Mineralogy. a phyllosilicate, AlSi 2 O 5 (OH), usually having a white or greenish color, and occurring in either foliated or compact masses, the latter variety being used like soapstone.
  • pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
  • pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
  • radiotherapy — treatment of disease by means of x-rays or of radioactive substances.
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • residentship — a person who resides in a place.
  • retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
  • retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
  • rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
  • servitorship — the office or position of a servitor; the condition of being a servitor
  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
  • ship's store — a retail store aboard a navy ship that sells toiletries, cigarettes, etc., to the ship's personnel.
  • short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
  • soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
  • speechwriter — a person who writes speeches for others, usually for pay.
  • spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
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