11-letter words containing p, h, o, n
- southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
- sphagnology — the study of sphagna
- sphingosine — a basic unsaturated amino alcohol, C 1 8 H 3 3 (OH) 2 NH 2 , produced by the hydrolysis of sphingomyelin or gangliosides.
- sphinx moth — hawk moth.
- sponge bath — a bath in which the bather is cleaned by a wet sponge or washcloth dipped in water, without getting into a tub of water.
- sponsorship — a person who vouches or is responsible for a person or thing.
- springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
- spy-hopping — a vertical half-rise out of the water performed by a whale in order to view the surroundings. a springing bounce in tall grasses performed by certain land mammals, as foxes and wolves, to view the surroundings.
- stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stephanotis — any vine belonging to the genus Stephanotis, of the milkweed family, having fragrant, waxy, white flowers and leathery leaves.
- stereophony — the state or condition of being stereophonic.
- stone sheep — a wild sheep found in the Yukon and the northern Rocky Mountains
- sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
- sundry shop — (in Malaysia) a shop, similar to a delicatessen, that sells predominantly Chinese foodstuffs
- surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
- sycophantic — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- symphonette — a small symphony orchestra that usually specializes in playing short, familiar classical works or salon music.
- symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
- tailhopping — the act of hopping to lift the tails of the skis off the ground while flexing the knees into a crouching position
- taphonomist — a specialist in taphonomy
- tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
- technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technophobe — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
- technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
- technospeak — any abstruse technical jargon
- telephoning — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
- telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
- tenorrhaphy — suture of a tendon.
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- thanatopsis — a view or contemplation of death.
- the dolphin — the constellation Delphinus
- the nonpoor — people who are not poor
- the top end — the northern part of the Northern Territory
- the top ten — the ten best-selling pop music recordings at any particular time
- theophanous — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
- theopneusty — divine inspiration; the influence of God's spirit enabling humans to receive a divine truth
- thermophone — an electroacoustic transducer that forms sound waves by the expansion and contraction of the air adjacent to a conductor that varies in temperature according to the magnitude of the current passing through it; formerly used to calibrate microphones.
- thorn apple — any poisonous plant belonging to the genus Datura, of the nightshade family, the species of which bear capsules covered with prickly spines, especially the jimson weed, D. stramonium.
- thornproofs — garments that resist penetration by thorns
- thoroughpin — an abnormal swelling just above the hock of a horse, usually appearing on both sides of the leg and sometimes causing lameness.
- thrust upon — If something is thrust upon you, you are forced to have it, deal with it, or experience it.
- thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.
- thyrotropin — an anterior pituitary hormone that regulates the activity of the thyroid gland.
- transphobia — unreasoning hostility, aversion, etc., toward transgender people.
- trichonymph — a flagellated protozoan of the genus Trichonympha that lives in the intestine of wood-eating termites, transforming the cellulose in the wood into soluble carbohydrates that can be utilized by the insect.
- turnip moth — a common noctuid moth, Agrotis segetum, drab grey-brown in colour, the larvae of which feed on root crops and brassica stems
- unhoped for — (esp of something pleasant) not anticipated; unexpected
- unhoped-for — unexpected; unanticipated: an unhoped-for piece of good luck.
- unhopefully — in an unhopeful manner
- unprophetic — not prophetic, not seeing future events correctly