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14-letter words containing p, e, t, h, i

  • theriomorphism — the identification of animal characteristics with a supernatural being
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.
  • think positive — be optimistic
  • third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
  • thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
  • three-pin plug — an electrical plug with three pins or metal projections to fit into a socket
  • threepenny bit — a twelve-sided British coin of nickel-brass, valued at three old pence, obsolete since 1971
  • thrombopoietin — a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
  • tip one's hand — the act of tipping.
  • tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
  • tripe-de-roche — rock tripe.
  • triphenylamine — a molecule consisting of a nitrogen atom with three phenyl groups attached to it
  • trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
  • turkish empire — Ottoman Empire
  • twilight sleep — a state of semiconsciousness, usually produced by hypodermic injections of scopolamine and morphine, used chiefly to effect relatively painless childbirth.
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
  • unsophisticate — not sophisticated
  • variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
  • vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
  • washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
  • water sapphire — a transparent variety of cordierite, found in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, and elsewhere, sometimes used as a gem.
  • white elephant — a possession unwanted by the owner but difficult to dispose of: Our Victorian bric-a-brac and furniture were white elephants.
  • white mariposa — a Mariposa lily, Calochortus venustus, having white or pale lilac flowers.
  • white sapphire — a colorless variety of corundum, used as a gemstone.
  • whitetip shark — Also called reef whitetip shark. a smooth dogfish, Triaenodon obseus, having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins and occurring inshore among the reefs in the Pacific and Indian oceans and the Red Sea.
  • with eyes open — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
  • with open arms — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
  • xerophytically — As a xerophyte.
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