12-letter words containing p, u, t, h
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- multipathing — (computing) A network facility providing fault tolerance and load-spreading for network interface cards, each interface being assigned a static
- mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
- mutton chops — side whiskers trimmed in the shape of chops, widening out from the temples
- naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- neurotrophic — of or relating to the effect of nerves on the nutritive processes.
- neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- neutrosphere — the part of the atmosphere whose constituents are, for the most part, electrically neutral, extending from the earth's surface to the base of the ionosphere.
- new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
- nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
- not much cop — If you say that something is not much cop, you mean that it is not very good, and is disappointing.
- on the stump — If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election.
- open-mouthed — having the mouth open.
- ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
- oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
- orthopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Orthoptera, an order of insects, including the cockroaches, mantids, walking sticks, crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids, characterized by leathery forewings, membranous hind wings, and chewing mouthparts.
- orthotropous — Botany. (of an ovule) straight and symmetrical, with the chalaza at the evident base and the micropyle at the opposite extremity.
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of shape — person: unfit
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- paranthropus — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
- pass through — an act of passing.
- pass-through — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- pastry brush — a small, flat brush for coating pastry with butter, egg, etc.
- pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- peterborough — a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- phi-function — Euler's phi-function.
- phillumenist — a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
- phosphaturia — the presence of an excessive quantity of phosphates in the urine.
- phosphureted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
- photo layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- photocurrent — an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.
- photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- photoneutron — a neutron emitted from a nucleus during photodisintegration.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- photophilous — of or relating to an organism, as a plant, that is receptive to, seeks, or thrives in light.
- photoproduct — any product which is produced by a chemical reaction that uses light or other electromagnetic radiation to increase energy of particles
- physostomous — having the mouth and air bladder connected by an air duct.