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11-letter words containing s, o, t, h, e

  • other ranks — (in the armed forces) all those who do not hold a commissioned rank
  • otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
  • otherworlds — Plural form of otherworld.
  • otter shrew — a chiefly aquatic insectivore, Potamogale velox, of western Africa, that resembles an otter, having sleek, brown fur and a flattened tail.
  • overclothes — clothing worn outside other garments.
  • overharvest — the harvesting of plants or animals in an unsustainable manner
  • overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
  • overstretch — to stretch excessively.
  • oxbow chest — a chest of drawers having a front convex at the sides and concave in the center without vertical divisions.
  • paint horse — paint (def 6).
  • panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
  • pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
  • pea-shooter — a tube through which dried peas, beans, or small pellets are blown, used as a toy.
  • peach stone — the stone in the centre of the fruit the peach
  • phagocytose — phagocytize.
  • philoctetes — Classical Mythology. a noted archer and squire of Hercules. Bitten by a snake and abandoned on an island because of his festering wound, he was at length brought by the Greeks to Troy, where he recovered and later killed Paris.
  • phonematics — phonemics.
  • phonetastic — (communications)   A CTI product from Callware. Phonetastic employs if-then rules and customer records to tell those receiving calls who is calling (based on ANI and DNIS) and to determine how the call should be routed, e.g. to a certain sales representative or to the general sales department; receive high-priority treatment; receive a fax-back, etc.
  • phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
  • phosphatase — any of several classes of esterases of varying specificity that catalyze the hydrolysis of phosphoric esters.
  • phosphatide — phospholipid.
  • phosphatize — to treat with phosphates.
  • phosphorate — Also, phosphorize. Chemistry. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
  • phosphorite — a sedimentary rock sufficiently rich in phosphate minerals to be used as a source of phosphorus for fertilizers.
  • photo essay — a group of photographs, usually with supplementary text, that conveys a unified story and is published as a book or as a feature in a magazine or newspaper.
  • photoresist — Electronics. a photosensitive liquid polymer, used in photolithography to produce integrated circuits.
  • photosensor — a photocell used to detect light.
  • photosphere — a sphere of light or radiance.
  • photostated — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
  • photosystem — either of two pigment-containing systems, photosystem I or II, in which the light-dependent chemical reactions of photosynthesis occur in the chloroplasts of plants
  • physiolater — somebody who worships nature
  • physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
  • phytosterol — Biochemistry. any of various sterols obtained from plants.
  • pilot house — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
  • pitchperson — a pitchman or pitchwoman
  • port neches — a town in SE Texas.
  • porterhouse — Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
  • post chaise — a four-wheeled coach for rapid transportation of passengers and mail, used in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
  • post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
  • postharvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
  • praetorship — the office of a praetor.
  • prehistoric — of or relating to the time or a period prior to recorded history: The dinosaur is a prehistoric beast.
  • priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
  • proof sheet — a printer's proof.
  • prosthetics — an artificial body part; a prosthesis: Hundreds of amputees volunteered to test the new prosthetics.
  • prosthetist — a person skilled in making or fitting prosthetic devices.
  • psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.
  • psyche knot — a woman's hairdo in which a knot or coil of hair projects from the back of the head.
  • psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
  • psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
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