12-letter words containing p, h, a
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- partisanship — an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, especially a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance.
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- paschal lamb — Jewish History. a lamb slaughtered and eaten on the eve of the first day of Passover. Ex. 12:3–11.
- pass the hat — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- pass through — an act of passing.
- pass-through — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- passage hawk — a young hawk during its first migration.
- passing shot — a shot played to one side of and beyond the reach of an opponent coming to or stationed at the net.
- pastry brush — a small, flat brush for coating pastry with butter, egg, etc.
- patch pocket — a pocket formed by sewing a piece of shaped material to the outside of a garment.
- patent right — the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- pathetically — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathlessness — the state of being pathless
- pathobiology — pathology with emphasis on the biological aspects of disease
- pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- pathological — of or relating to pathology.
- patriarchate — the office, dignity, jurisdiction, province, or residence of an ecclesiastical patriarch.
- pave the way — be a pioneer
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- pearl harbor — a harbor near Honolulu, on S Oahu, in Hawaii: surprise attack by Japan on the U.S. naval base and other military installations December 7, 1941.
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- pebble beach — a beach covered with pebbles or stones rather than sand
- pebbledashed — covered with a finish for external walls consisting of small stones embedded in plaster
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- peltier heat — the heat gained or lost at a junction of a thermocouple due to the Peltier effect.
- penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
- penny shares — Penny shares are shares that are offered for sale at a low price.
- pentahydrate — a hydrate that contains five molecules of water, as potassium molybdate, KMoO 4 ⋅5H 2 O.
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- penthesileia — the daughter of Ares and queen of the Amazons, whom she led to the aid of Troy. She was slain by Achilles
- peppershaker — a container with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper.
- perichaetial — denoting the leaves in mosses that surround the archegonia and, later, the base of the sporophyte
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- peripherally — pertaining to, situated in, or constituting the periphery: peripheral resistance on the outskirts of the battle area.
- periphrastic — circumlocutory; roundabout.
- peritrichate — (of bacteria) having flagella on the entire surface.
- perphenazine — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 2 1 H 2 6 ClN 3 OS, used chiefly as a tranquilizer and in the treatment of intractable hiccoughs and nausea and vomiting.
- petach tikva — a city in W Israel, NE of Tel Aviv.
- petite sirah — a dry red wine produced mainly in California
- phaeomelanin — a variety of melanin that gives rise to a red-coloured pigment
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
- phagocytotic — relating to phagocytosis
- phalaenopsis — any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis, native to tropical Asia, having clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.