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14-letter words containing p, h, t, a, l, i

  • psilanthropist — a person who believes that Jesus was merely human
  • psychoanalytic — a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
  • pterylographic — relating to pterylography
  • pyophthalmitis — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
  • radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephone — a telephone in which sound or speech is transmitted by means of radio waves instead of through wires or cables.
  • radiotelephony — the constructing or operating of radiotelephones.
  • relative pitch — the pitch of a tone as determined by its relationship to other tones in a scale.
  • retail therapy — Retail therapy is the activity of shopping for clothes and other things in order to make yourself feel happier.
  • sharptail mola — a fish, Masturus lanceolatus, related to the ocean sunfish but having a pointed tail.
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • shortleaf pine — a pine, Pinus echinata, of the southern U.S., having short, flexible leaves.
  • simple-hearted — free of deceit; artless; sincere.
  • sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
  • social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
  • spanish omelet — an omelet served with a sauce of tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
  • steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • stigmatophilia — a love for body piercing or tattooing that is accompanied by sexual arousal
  • sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • sycophantishly — in a sycophantish manner
  • tachygraphical — characteristic of tachygraphy
  • tachyphylactic — Medicine/Medical. immediate, temporary immunization against the effects of injection of a toxic extract owing to previous small injections of the same extract.
  • telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
  • telepathically — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
  • telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
  • the apple isle — Tasmania
  • the capitoline — the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome. The temple of Jupiter was on the southern summit and the ancient citadel on the northern summit
  • the lower paid — people who do not earn a lot of money
  • the palaeozoic — the Palaeozoic era
  • the palatinate — either of two territories in SW Germany, once ruled by the counts palatine. Upper Palatinate is now in Bavaria; Lower or Rhine Palatinate is now in Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, and Hesse
  • the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
  • thromboplastic — causing or accelerating blood-clot formation.
  • thromboplastin — Biochemistry. a lipoprotein in the blood that converts prothrombin to thrombin.
  • tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
  • tiruchirapalli — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
  • tiruchirappali — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
  • tortilla chips — snack food: corn crisps
  • traffic holdup — a temporary stoppage in the flow of traffic where a number of vehicles are obstructed and unable to move
  • trailing phlox — a prostrate plant, Phlox nivalis, of the southeastern U.S., having pink or white flowers.
  • trans-physical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • triphenylamine — a molecule consisting of a nitrogen atom with three phenyl groups attached to it
  • triumphal arch — a monumental archway, often erected in permanent materials as a commemorative structure, straddling the line of march of a victorious army during a triumphal procession.
  • tropical month — the period of time taken by the moon to return to the same longitude after one complete revolution around the earth; 27.321 58 days (approximately 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes, 4.5 seconds)
  • trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
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