12-letter words containing p, h, l, s
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- 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
- sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
- sulphur bath — a curative bath in which the water used has sulphates dissolved in it, especially one in which the water comes from a natural hot spring
- sulphur tuft — a poisonous basidiomycetous fungus, Hypholoma fasciculare, having a sulphurous yellow cap and found in clumps on and around broad-leaved trees
- super-sleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- superathlete — a highly accomplished athlete, an exceptional athlete
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
- superhumeral — an ecclesiastical vestment worn over the shoulders
- supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- telegraphese — a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”.
- teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
- tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- 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.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- 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.
- trophallaxis — (among social insects) the exchange of nutriments or other secretions between members of a colony.
- tropophilous — adapted to a climate characterized by marked environmental changes.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unperishable — imperishable
- unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
- unpunishable — not able to be punished
- unpunishably — in an unpunishable manner
- unsepulchred — not sepulchred
- unworshipful — not worshipful; not showing reverence or admiration
- upper school — a scholastic division, especially in a private school, including the terminal secondary grades.
- walk spanish — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- water splash — a place where a stream runs over a road
- whaling ship — a ship engaged in whaling
- wheeltappers — Plural form of wheeltapper.
- whippletrees — Plural form of whippletree.
- whisperingly — In a whispering manner; quietly.
- whistle-stop — to campaign for political office by traveling around the country, originally by train, stopping at small communities to address voters.
- white plains — a city in SE New York, near New York City: battle 1776.
- wild spinach — any of various plants of the genus Chenopodium, sometimes used in place of spinach.
- worshipfully — In a worshipful manner; reverentially.
- wranglership — (at Cambridge University) the position of a wrangler
- yachtspeople — Plural form of yachtsperson.