14-letter words containing p, h, a, e, t
- bletchley park — the Buckinghamshire estate which was the centre of British code-breaking operations during World War II
- bush carpenter — a rough-and-ready unskilled workman
- bush telegraph — a means of communication between primitive peoples over large areas, as by drum beats
- campaign chest — money collected and set aside for use in a campaign, especially a political one; a campaign fund.
- can't help but — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- can't help sth — If you can't help the way you feel or behave, you cannot control it or stop it happening. You can also say that you can't help yourself.
- cap the climax — to be or do more than could be expected or believed
- carpenter moth — any of various large moths of the family Cossidae, the larvae of which bore beneath and cause damage to tree bark
- carpet muncher — lesbian
- catastrophized — Simple past tense and past participle of catastrophize.
- catechumenship — the office or position of a catechumen
- catherine parr — Catherine, Catherine Parr.
- cathodographer — a person trained in taking cathodographs
- cephalhematoma — Alt form cephalohematoma.
- cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
- chapel of rest — a room in an undertaker's place of business where bodies are laid out in their coffins to be viewed before the funeral
- character part — a lesser role in a drama, but one where the actor is called upon to display particular distinctive traits of character
- character type — a cluster of personality traits commonly occurring together in an individual
- charge-a-plate — charge plate.
- chase pointers — (programming) To determine a chain of memory locations where each location holds a pointer to the next, starting from some initial pointer, e.g. traversing a linked list or other graph structure. This may be performed by a computer executing a program or by a programmer going through a core dump or using a debugger.
- chemical plant — a factory that produces or processes chemicals
- chemoautotroph — an organism that obtains energy through chemoautotrophy
- chemotherapies — Plural form of chemotherapy.
- chemotherapist — One who administers chemotherapy.
- chenille plant — an East Indian plant, Acalypha hispida, of the spurge family, having long, drooping, reddish-purple spikes of flowers.
- chest expander — a device for strengthening the chest muscles, consisting of two handles attached to strong springs or elastic cords that the user pulls apart across the chest
- chocolate drop — a small disc of chocolate
- choir practice — a choir's regular meeting for practice
- chromatophores — Plural form of chromatophore.
- cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
- cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
- claustrophobes — Plural form of claustrophobe.
- coach operator — a company that operates a business involving the transport of passengers in coaches
- complete graph — A graph which has a link between every pair of nodes. A complete bipartite graph can be partitioned into two subsets of nodes such that each node is joined to every node in the other subset.
- computerphobia — the fear or dislike of computers
- container ship — A container ship is a ship that is designed for carrying goods that are packed in large metal or wooden boxes.
- crack the whip — to assert one's authority, esp to put people under pressure to work harder
- cryptaesthetic — of or relating to cryptaesthesia
- cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
- curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
- cyproheptadine — a type of antihistamine drug used in the treatment of allergies
- cytopathogenic — causing cytopathy
- dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- dermatographia — a common medical condition in which lightly rubbing the skin produces red, often raised, temporary marks
- dermatographic — relating to dermatography
- desulphuration — the removal of sulphur; desulphurization
- diaheliotropic — exhibiting diaheliotropism
- directed graph — (digraph) A graph with one-way edges. See also directed acyclic graph.
- dispatch rider — a horseman or motorcyclist who carries dispatches