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17-letter words containing p, h, i

  • stymphalian birds — a flock of predacious birds of Arcadia that were driven away and killed by Hercules as one of his labors.
  • support mechanism — any formal system or method of providing support or assistance
  • surprise symphony — the Symphony No. 94 in G major (1791) by Franz Josef Haydn.
  • sympathetic magic — magic predicated on the belief that one thing or event can affect another at a distance as a consequence of a sympathetic connection between them.
  • synthetic phonics — a method of teaching people to read by training them to pronounce sounds associated with particular letters in isolation and then blend them together
  • take a chill pill — something that has a calming or relaxing effect.
  • teaching hospital — a hospital associated with a medical college and offering clinical and other facilities to those in various areas of medical study, as students, interns, and residents.
  • teaching practice — Teaching practice is a period that a student teacher spends teaching at a school as part of his or her training.
  • technical support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
  • teething problems — If a project or new product has teething problems, it has problems in its early stages or when it first becomes available.
  • telephone banking — a facility enabling customers to make use of banking services, such as oral payment instructions, account movements, raising loans, etc, over the telephone rather than by personal visit
  • telephone service — a company or public utility that provides a telephone-operating service
  • terephthalic acid — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 8 H 6 O 2 , the para isomer of phthalic acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of resins and textile fibers.
  • tertiary syphilis — the third stage of syphilis, characterized by involvement of the internal organs, especially the brain, spinal cord, heart, and liver.
  • the alpine valley — a straight fracture on the moon that cuts the Alps in two
  • the glacial epoch — the Pleistocene Epoch
  • the little dipper — a small faint constellation, the brightest star of which is the Pole Star, lying 1° from the true celestial pole
  • the metamorphosis — a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka.
  • the mississippian — the Mississippian period or rock system equivalent to the lower Carboniferous of Europe
  • the night's a pup — it's early yet
  • the olympic flame — the flame that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • the olympic torch — a torch that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • the past anterior — a French tense: the pluperfect
  • the pennsylvanian — the Pennsylvanian period or rock system, equivalent to the Upper Carboniferous of Europe
  • the plot thickens — People sometimes say 'the plot thickens' when a situation or series of events is getting more and more complicated and mysterious.
  • the prairie state — a nickname for the state of Illinois in the U.S.
  • the primrose path — a pleasurable way of life
  • the rail-splitter — Lincoln2
  • the south pacific — the part of the Pacific Ocean to the south of the equator
  • the tabloid press — (considered as a whole) newspapers with pages about 30 cm (12 inches) by 40 cm (16 inches), usually characterized by an emphasis on photographs and a concise and often sensational style
  • the upper regions — the sky; heavens
  • the-metamorphosis — a short story (1915) by Franz Kafka.
  • thematic approach — teaching organized by theme rather than by school subject
  • therapeutic index — the ratio between the dosage of a drug that causes a lethal effect and the dosage that causes a therapeutic effect.
  • therapeutic touch — the laying on of hands by a healer
  • thermal expansion — expansion caused by heat
  • thermal pollution — a rise in the temperature of rivers or lakes that is injurious to water-dwelling life and is caused by the disposal of heated industrial waste water or water from the cooling towers of nuclear power plants.
  • thermoperiodicity — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
  • thiopental sodium — a barbiturate, C 11 H 18 N 2 NaO 2 S, used as an anesthetic in surgery and, in psychiatry, for narcoanalysis and to stimulate recall of past events.
  • this can't happen — can't happen
  • thought-provoking — If something such as a book or a film is thought-provoking, it contains interesting ideas that make people think seriously.
  • three-piece suite — a set of three matching pieces of furniture, usually a combination of a sofa and chairs
  • throat microphone — a microphone worn around the throat and actuated by vibrations of the larynx, used when background noise would obscure the sound of speech, as in an airplane cockpit.
  • tiglath-pileser i — died 1102? b.c, king of Assyria c1115–1102?.
  • tip the scales at — to weigh (a specified amount)
  • to eat humble pie — If you eat humble pie, you speak or behave in a way which tells people that you admit you were wrong about something.
  • to play the field — If someone plays the field, they have a number of different romantic or sexual relationships.
  • to play with fire — If you say that someone is playing with fire, you mean that they are doing something dangerous that may result in great harm for them and cause many problems.
  • to prime the pump — To prime the pump means to do something to encourage the success or growth of something, especially the economy.
  • trick photography — photography that creates an illusion
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