12-letter words containing p, h, d
- sindonophany — the periodic exhibiting to the public of the shroud that the body of Christ is thought to have been wrapped in
- slap dashing — slab dashing.
- snake-hipped — having thin, sinuous hips.
- spatter dash — roughcast (def 1).
- spatter-dash — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- spearheading — the sharp-pointed head that forms the piercing end of a spear.
- speech sound — any of the set of distinctive sounds of a given language. Compare phoneme.
- spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
- spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
- splash guard — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- sunday punch — Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- the departed — the dead person or dead persons
- 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
- thick-lipped — having thick lips
- third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
- tight-lipped — speaking very little; taciturn; close-mouthed.
- tooth powder — a dentifrice in the form of a powder.
- tread a path — If you tread a particular path, you take a particular course of action or do something in a particular way.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- trophy child — anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- 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.
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- undeciphered — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- 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.
- unhyphenated — without a hyphen
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- unreproached — not reproached, criticized, or scolded
- unsepulchred — not sepulchred
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- videographer — a person who makes films with a video camera.
- vortex depth — The vortex depth is the depth below an impeller at which its influence can still be seen in a mixed fluid.
- wedge-shaped — shaped like a wedge
- whipstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of whipstitch.
- wild spinach — any of various plants of the genus Chenopodium, sometimes used in place of spinach.
- woodchippers — Plural form of woodchipper.
- woodchoppers — Plural form of woodchopper.
- woolly aphid — any plant louse of the family Aphididae, characterized by a waxy secretion that appears like a jumbled mass of fine, curly, white cottony or woolly threads, as Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly apple aphid or American blight) and Prociphilus tessellatus (woolly alder aphid)