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11-letter words containing p, h, o, n, e

  • paint horse — paint (def 6).
  • panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
  • panel house — a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.
  • panomphaean — understood universally
  • pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
  • pantheonize — to place, especially to bury, in a pantheon: The author will be pantheonized following the funeral mass.
  • pantothenic — denoting an acid which is a growth-promoting vitamin of vitamin B complex
  • paranephros — the adrenal gland
  • parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
  • peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
  • pentahedron — a solid figure having five faces.
  • phainopepla — a crested passerine bird, Phainopepla nitens, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
  • phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
  • phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
  • phoenixlike — having a resemblance to a phoenix in the sense of re-emerging and beginning again
  • phone booth — A phone booth is a place in a station, hotel, or other public building where there is a public telephone.
  • phonematics — phonemics.
  • phonemicize — to transcribe into phonemic symbols.
  • phonetastic — (communications)   A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
  • phonetician — a specialist in phonetics or in some aspect of phonetics.
  • phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
  • phoneticize — to represent (speech) in writing by means of a system in which individual symbols correspond regularly with speech sounds.
  • phonofiddle — an upright, one-stringed musical instrument which also has a horn that acts as an amplifier, played with a bow whilst held between the knees
  • photic zone — the upper layer of a body of water delineated by the depth to which enough sunlight can penetrate to permit photosynthesis.
  • photoionize — to cause to undergo or to undergo photoionization
  • photosensor — a photocell used to detect light.
  • phycophaein — a brownish pigment which is found in seaweed
  • phylloplane — the surface of a leaf considered as a habitat, esp for microorganisms
  • phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
  • pigeon hawk — merlin.
  • pigeon-hole — one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.
  • pigeonholer — someone who likes to pigeonhole people or things
  • pinacotheca — a place where works of art are displayed or stored
  • pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
  • pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
  • planthopper — any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
  • plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
  • pneumathode — a band or pore of aerating tissue, esp along the stipes of ferns
  • pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
  • pocketphone — a mobile phone
  • pointy-head — stupid; idiotic.
  • polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
  • pond hockey — ice hockey played on a frozen pond
  • pondicherry — a union territory of India, on the Coromandel Coast: formerly the chief settlement of French India; territory includes Mahé (on the Malabar Coast), Karikal, and Yanaon. 181 sq. mi. (469 sq. km).
  • port neches — a town in SE Texas.
  • powder horn — a powder flask made from the horn of a cow or ox.
  • power chain — an endless chain for transmitting motion and power between sprockets on shafts with parallel axes.
  • power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
  • preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
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