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12-letter words containing p, h, a, n, t

  • birth parent — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
  • boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
  • branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
  • branch plant — a plant or factory in Canada belonging to a company whose headquarters are in another country
  • branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
  • campaign hat — a felt hat with a broad, stiff brim and four dents in the crown, formerly worn by personnel in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.
  • camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
  • can't happen — (programming)   The traditional program comment for code executed under a condition that should never be true, for example a file size computed as negative. Often, such a condition being true indicates data corruption or a faulty algorithm; it is almost always handled by emitting a fatal error message and terminating or crashing, since there is little else that can be done. Some case variant of "can't happen" is also often the text emitted if the "impossible" error actually happens. Although "can't happen" events are genuinely infrequent in production code, programmers wise enough to check for them habitually are often surprised at how frequently they are triggered during development and how many headaches checking for them turns out to head off. See also firewall code, professional programming.
  • cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
  • catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
  • catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
  • chandragupta — Greek name Sandracottos. died ?297 bc, ruler of N India, who founded the Maurya dynasty (325) and defeated Seleucus (?305)
  • change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
  • changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
  • channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
  • chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
  • chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
  • chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
  • chota nagpur — a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica
  • christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
  • chthonophagy — (disease) Alternative form of chthonophagia.
  • cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
  • craftmanship — Alternative form of craftsmanship.
  • cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
  • detectaphone — a device for listening secretly to others' telephone conversations
  • elephant gun — hunting rifle
  • elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
  • elephantitis — (US) misconstruction of elephantiasis.
  • empty-handed — carrying nothing
  • enantiomorph — Each of two crystalline or other geometric forms that are mirror images of each other.
  • enantiopathy — the treatment of disease by opposites; allopathy
  • encephalitic — Of or pertaining to encephalitis.
  • encephalitis — Inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction.
  • encompasseth — Archaic third-person singular form of encompass.
  • enhypostasia — personalities existing in union (Jesus Christ and God the Son)
  • enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
  • enophthalmos — The posterior displacement of the eyeball within the orbit due to changes in the volume of the orbit (bone) relative to its contents (the eyeball and orbital fat), or loss of function of the orbitalis muscle.
  • enthesopathy — (pathology) A disorder of entheses (bone attachments).
  • entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.
  • epanorthosis — (rhetoric) A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm.
  • epithalamion — A song or poem celebrating a marriage.
  • erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
  • ethnographer — One who practices ethnography.
  • ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
  • french pleat — curtain, draperies
  • gene therapy — the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme.
  • gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
  • gray panther — a member of an organized group of elderly people seeking to secure or protect their rights by collective action.
  • great-nephew — a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
  • grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
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