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12-letter words containing p, i, n, t, h

  • pinch hitter — Baseball. a substitute who bats for a teammate, often at a critical moment of the game.
  • pinch-hitter — a batter who acts as a substitute for the scheduled batter
  • pinturicchio — real name Bernardino di Betto. ?1454–1513, Italian painter of the Umbrian school
  • pitch accent — (in languages such as Ancient Greek or modern Swedish) an accent in which emphatic syllables are pronounced on a higher musical pitch relative to other syllables
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
  • 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.
  • posthypnotic — of or relating to the period after hypnosis.
  • postmidnight — the middle of the night; twelve o'clock at night.
  • potichomania — the art or process of printing or using paint to decorate the inside of a glass vessel
  • potting shed — A potting shed is a small building in a garden, in which you can keep things such as seeds or garden tools.
  • pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
  • 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.
  • prenticeship — an apprenticeship
  • 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.
  • prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
  • prototherian — belonging or pertaining to the group Prototheria, comprising the monotremes.
  • psychotronic — of or relating to a genre of usually low-budget movies that includes horror, fantasy, science-fiction, and underground films.
  • pyonephritis — suppurative inflammation of the kidney.
  • pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
  • pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
  • pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
  • pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
  • rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
  • radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • residentship — a person who resides in a place.
  • retainership — the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.
  • saint joseph — a city in NW Missouri, on the Missouri River.
  • saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
  • satanophobia — a morbid fear of the devil or Satan
  • scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
  • share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
  • shin splints — a painful condition of the front lower leg, associated with tendinitis, stress fractures, or muscle strain, often occurring as a result of running or other strenuous athletic activity, especially on a nonresilient surface.
  • shipping ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
  • showstopping — Theater. a performer or performance that wins enthusiastic or prolonged applause.
  • shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
  • siphonostele — a hollow tube of vascular tissue enclosing a pith and embedded in ground tissue.
  • snapshotting — an informal photograph, especially one taken quickly by a handheld camera.
  • soup kitchen — a place where food, usually soup, is served at little or no charge to the needy.
  • spanish foot — a carved pyramidal foot having fluted, concave sides usually ending in a scroll at the bottom.
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
  • spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
  • spinsterhood — Disparaging and Offensive. a woman still unmarried beyond the usual age of marrying.
  • spinstership — the state of being a spinster
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