12-letter words containing p, h, o, t, r, e
- phreatophyte — a long-rooted plant that absorbs its water from the water table or the soil above it.
- phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- phrontistery — a place or establishment for thinking, studying, or learning
- phytographer — a botanist involved with plant description
- phytohormone — hormone (def 3).
- phytotherapy — the use of plants and plant products for medicinal purposes
- picture show — motion picture.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
- polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
- pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
- port chester — a city in SE New York, on Long Island Sound.
- port hueneme — a city in S California.
- porthole die — a die having several openings for the extrusion of separate parts of an object later formed by the welding or fusing together of these parts.
- post-harvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
- preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
- prester john — a legendary Christian monk and potentate of the Middle Ages, supposed to have had a kingdom in some remote part of Asia or Africa and associated with fabulous narratives of travel.
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- process shot — a shot in which action takes place in front of a screen on which an image already filmed is projected
- promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
- proof sheets — trial impressions made from composed type, or print-outs (from a laser printer, etc) read for the correction of errors; proofs
- proof theory — (logic) The branch of logic describing procedures for combining logical statements to show, by a series of truth-preserving transformations, that one statement is a consequence of some other statement or group of statements.
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- prostanthera — any bush of the Australian genus Prostanthera, with red or white flowers and strongly scented leaves
- protosynthex — A query system for English text.
- prototherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Prototheria, comprising the monotremes.
- proudhearted — full of pride.
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychrometer — an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
- psychrometry — the employment of the psychrometer.
- pteridophyte — any plant of the division Pteridophyta, characterized by vascular tissue and differentiation into root, stem, and leaves, comprising the ferns, horsetails, and club mosses.
- put together — assemble
- pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- pyromorphite — a mineral, lead chlorophosphate, Pb 5 P 3 O 1 2 Cl, occurring in crystalline and massive forms, and of a green, yellow, or brown color; green lead ore: a minor ore of lead.
- pyrophyllite — Mineralogy. a phyllosilicate, AlSi 2 O 5 (OH), usually having a white or greenish color, and occurring in either foliated or compact masses, the latter variety being used like soapstone.
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid