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

  • splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
  • sportfishing — fishing with a rod and reel for sport, especially for saltwater sport fish from a motorboat.
  • spotlighting — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
  • spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
  • spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stephen viii — died a.d. 942, pope 939–942.
  • stephenville — a town in central Texas.
  • stereophonic — pertaining to a system of sound recording or reproduction using two or more separate channels to produce a more realistic effect by capturing the spatial dimensions of a performance (the location of performers as well as their acoustic surroundings), used especially with high-fidelity recordings and reproduction systems (opposed to monophonic).
  • stockpunisht — punished by being put in stocks
  • straight pin — pin (sense 2)
  • strophanthin — a very poisonous, bitter glycoside or mixture of glycosides obtained from the dried, ripe seeds of a strophanthus, especially Strophanthus kombe, used as a cardiac stimulant.
  • sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
  • superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
  • sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sycophantize — to act the sycophant
  • sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • tape machine — a tape recorder.
  • technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
  • teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
  • the hoppings — an annual fair in Newcastle
  • the passions — feeling, as opposed to reason
  • the pliocene — the Pliocene epoch or rock series
  • the pointers — the two brightest stars in the Plough (Dubhe and Merak), which lie in the direction pointing towards the Pole Star and are therefore used to locate it
  • the scorpion — the constellation Scorpio, the eighth sign of the zodiac
  • the-persians — a tragedy (472 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • the-pioneers — a historical novel (1823) by James Fenimore Cooper.
  • theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
  • theophylline — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theobromine, extracted from tea leaves or produced synthetically: used to relieve bronchial spasms, in the treatment of certain heart conditions, and as a diuretic.
  • thermosiphon — an arrangement of siphon tubes that enables water in a heating apparatus to circulate by means of convection.
  • thinking cap — a state of mind marked by reflection or concentration: If we put on our thinking caps, we may come up with the answer.
  • third person — the grammatical person used by the speaker of an utterance in referring to anyone or anything other than the speaker or the one (third person singular) or ones (third person plural) being addressed.
  • thomas paine — Albert Bigelow [big-uh-loh] /ˈbɪg əˌloʊ/ (Show IPA), 1861–1937, U.S. author and editor.
  • tip the wink — to give a hint
  • to the point — a sharp or tapering end, as of a dagger.
  • topstitching — decorative stitching, usually near and parallel to a seam, sewn so as to be visible on the right side of a garment, shoe, belt, etc.
  • touch-typing — the act of typing without having to look at the keys of the typewriter or computer keyboard
  • tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
  • tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
  • trapshooting — the sport of shooting at clay pigeons hurled into the air from a trap.
  • trephination — a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.
  • trichinopoly — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
  • trichophyton — a parasitic fungus belonging to the genus Trichophyton that can infect human skin, hair, and nails
  • trichopteran — trichopterous.
  • trichopteron — trichopteran.
  • triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
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