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12-letter words containing p, y, t, h, o, n

  • ip telephony — (communications)   (IPT, Internet Telephony) Use of IP data connections to exchange voice and fax data that have traditionally been carried over the public switched telephone network. During the late 1990s, an increasing number of telephone calls have been routed over the Internet. Calls made in this way avoid PSTN charges. Unlike traditional telephony, IP telephony is relatively unregulated. Companies providing these services are known as Internet Telephony Service Providers (ITSPs). They include telephone companies, cable TV companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs). There are still many problems with voice quality, latency, compression algorithms, and quality of service. See also Computer Telephone Integration.
  • kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
  • lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
  • lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
  • monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
  • monophyodont — an animal that has only one set of teeth
  • monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.
  • monophysitic — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
  • monotriglyph — (in the Doric order) any intercolumniation having one whole triglyph.
  • morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
  • narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
  • nephelometry — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
  • neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
  • new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
  • nonpsychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
  • nontyphoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
  • northern spy — an American variety of red-striped apple that ripens in autumn or early winter.
  • nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
  • octyl phenol — a white to pink, water-insoluble, flaky substance having the formula C 1 4 H 2 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of commercial surface-active agents.
  • odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
  • ornithophily — pollination of flowers by birds
  • ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
  • penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
  • pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
  • pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
  • phanerophyte — a tree or shrub that bears its perennating buds more than 25 cm above the level of the soil
  • pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
  • phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • philanthropy — altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.
  • phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • photoanalyst — a person who analyzes and interprets photographs, especially a military specialist in aerial or satellite photography.
  • photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • phrontistery — a place or establishment for thinking, studying, or learning
  • phycoxanthin — a yellow pigment found in brown seaweeds and types of algae
  • phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • phytobenthos — microscopic plants that live in the bottom of the ocean
  • phytogenesis — the origin and development of plants.
  • phytohormone — hormone (def 3).
  • phytonadione — vitamin K1.
  • polyethylene — a plastic polymer of ethylene used chiefly for containers, electrical insulation, and packaging.
  • polyphyodont — having many successive sets of teeth, as fishes and other lower vertebrates
  • 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.
  • posthypnotic — of or relating to the period after hypnosis.
  • prothonotary — a chief clerk or official in certain courts of law.
  • protosynthex — A query system for English text.
  • 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.
  • pyritohedron — a crystal form of 12 pentagonal faces.
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