12-letter words containing p, e, t, s, h
- phonasthenia — difficult or abnormal voice production; vocal weakness.
- phonesthemic — (of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.
- phosphoreted — phosphureted.
- phosphureted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
- photo spread — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- photo-offset — a method of printing, based on photolithography, in which the inked image is transferred from the metal plate to a rubber surface and then to the paper.
- photo-stated — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- photocompose — to set (type) on a photocomposer.
- photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
- photokinesis — movement occurring upon exposure to light.
- 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.
- photosetting — photocompose.
- phototypeset — to set (type matter) by phototypesetting
- 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.
- phytobenthos — microscopic plants that live in the bottom of the ocean
- phytogenesis — the origin and development of plants.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- picture show — motion picture.
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- pitch chisel — a broad-edged chisel for cutting plane surfaces on stones.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- play clothes — clothes that are suitable for playing in
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- polytheistic — pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to polytheism, the doctrine that there is more than one god or many gods: Science thrived in the polytheistic culture of ancient Greece.
- port chester — a city in SE New York, on Long Island Sound.
- post-harvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- postischemic — occurring after or due to ischaemia
- potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
- powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
- prenticeship — an apprenticeship
- prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- prester john — a legendary Christian monk and potentate of the Middle Ages, supposed to have had a kingdom in some remote part of Asia or Africa and associated with fabulous narratives of travel.
- process shot — a shot in which action takes place in front of a screen on which an image already filmed is projected
- proof sheets — trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) read for the correction of errors; proofs
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- prostanthera — any bush of the Australian genus Prostanthera, with red or white flowers and strongly scented leaves
- protosynthex — A query system for English text.
- psephologist — A psephologist studies how people vote in elections.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.