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12-letter words containing p, h, a

  • the dustheap — obscurity or oblivion
  • the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
  • the passions — feeling, as opposed to reason
  • the pentagon — a five-sided building in Arlington, Va., in which the main offices of the U.S. Department of Defense are located; hence, the U.S. military establishment
  • the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
  • the preacher — the author of Ecclesiastes or the book of Ecclesiastes
  • the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
  • the-persians — a tragedy (472 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
  • theatrophone — a late 19th century service that allowed subscribers to listen to concerts or plays through the telephone
  • theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
  • therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
  • therapeutist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
  • thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
  • thinking cap — a state of mind marked by reflection or concentration: If we put on our thinking caps, we may come up with the answer.
  • thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
  • thomas paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
  • thoracoscope — an instrument used for examining the pleural cavity
  • to play host — If a person or country plays host to an event or an important visitor, they host the event or the visit.
  • to talk shop — If you say that people are talking shop, you mean that they are talking about their work, and this is boring for other people who do not do the same work.
  • toxicophobia — an intense fear of poisoning
  • tracheophyte — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
  • tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
  • trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
  • tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
  • tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
  • trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
  • tread a path — If you tread a particular path, you take a particular course of action or do something in a particular way.
  • trephination — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • tricephalous — with three heads
  • trichopteran — trichopterous.
  • triphosphate — a salt derived from triphosphoric acid.
  • triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
  • triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
  • triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
  • trophallaxis — (among social insects) the exchange of nutriments or other secretions between members of a colony.
  • trophotactic — of or relating to trophotaxis
  • typhoid mary — Mary ("Typhoid Mary") 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.
  • typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
  • unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
  • unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
  • unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
  • undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
  • unemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
  • unhospitable — not hospitable
  • unhyphenated — without a hyphen
  • unperishable — imperishable
  • unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
  • unpunishable — not able to be punished
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