10-letter words containing p, e, t, s, h
- perthshire — Perth (def 1).
- pest house — a house or hospital for persons infected with pestilential disease.
- petri dish — a shallow, circular, glass or plastic dish with a loose-fitting cover over the top and sides, used for culturing bacteria and other microorganisms.
- pettichaps — any of the warblers that belongs to the family Sylviinae
- petty cash — funds kept for minor expenses
- phantasime — a person who is extremely imaginative and fanciful
- phantasize — to conceive fanciful or extravagant notions, ideas, suppositions, or the like (often followed by about): to fantasize about the ideal job.
- phd thesis — a research thesis written and submitted by a student wishing to be awarded a PhD
- pheasantry — a place where pheasants are bred or are kept together
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phenoplast — phenolic resin.
- phenotypes — the observable constitution of an organism.
- philistine — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
- phosgenite — a mineral, lead chlorocarbonate, Pb 2 Cl 2 CO 3 , occurring in crystals.
- phosphuret — a phosphate
- photocells — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- photolyses — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
- photophase — a phase of light in a cycle of light and dark
- phragmites — any of several tall grasses of the genus Phragmites, having plumed heads, growing in marshy areas, especially the common reed P. australis (or P. communis).
- physiotype — the set of physical features that make a person or organism different from others.
- pilothouse — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- plate shop — a shop for cold-forming metal plates.
- polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- polytheist — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
- poop sheet — a circular, list of instructions, press release, etc., providing information about a particular subject.
- post horse — a horse kept, as at a station on a post road, for the use of persons riding post or for hire by travelers.
- post house — a house or inn keeping post horses.
- post-haste — with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
- pot cheese — cottage cheese.
- preharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- prehistory — human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans.
- prestretch — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- priestfish — blue rockfish.
- priesthood — the condition or office of a priest.
- prometheus — a Titan, the father of Deucalion and brother of Atlas and Epimetheus, who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life. For having stolen fire from Olympus and given it to humankind in defiance of Zeus, he was chained to a rock where an eagle daily tore at his liver, until he was finally released by Hercules.
- prophetess — a woman who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.
- prostheses — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- prosthesis — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
- prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
- psilophyte — any plant that is adapted to grow well in the dry savannah
- punishment — the act of punishing.
- push plate — a rectangular protective plate of metal, plastic, ceramic, or other material applied vertically to the lock stile of a door.
- redispatch — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- reshipment — the act of reshipping
- saprophyte — any organism that lives on dead organic matter, as certain fungi and bacteria.
- schumpeter — Joseph Alois [uh-lois] /əˈlɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, U.S. economist, born in Austria.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)