12-letter words containing t, a, i, e, p
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- fermat prime — (mathematics) A prime number of the form 2^2^n + 1. Any prime number of the form 2^n+1 must be a Fermat prime. Fermat conjectured in a letter to someone or other that all numbers 2^2^n+1 are prime, having noticed that this is true for n=0,1,2,3,4. No further Fermat primes are known; several have been factorised, and several more have been proved composite without finding explicit factorisations.
- filial piety — (in Confucianism) the important virtue and primary duty of respect, obedience, and care for one's parents and elderly family members.
- filter paper — porous paper used in filtering.
- finger paint — paint children apply with fingers
- finger-paint — a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
- fissipalmate — (of birds) having the toes lobed or partially webbed.
- flavoprotein — an enzyme, containing riboflavin and linked chemically with a protein, active in the oxidation of foods in animal cells.
- fluorapatite — a crystalline mineral, Ca 5 (PO 4) 3 F, formed from hydroxyapatite in the presence of fluoride, that has a hardening effect on bones and teeth.
- fore-topsail — a topsail set on a foremast on a ship.
- foretopsails — Plural form of foretopsail.
- fortepianist — the player of a fortepiano
- fortified pa — a Māori hilltop dwelling with trenches and palisades for defensive occupation
- fountain pen — a pen with a refillable reservoir that provides a continuous supply of usually fluid ink to its point.
- fried potato — Fried potatoes are pieces of potato cooked in oil or fat.
- gametophytic — (botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
- geopolitical — the study or the application of the influence of political and economic geography on the politics, national power, foreign policy, etc., of a state.
- geopotential — the difference between the potential energy of a mass at a given altitude and the potential energy of an identical mass at sea level, equivalent to the energy required to move the mass from sea level to the given altitude.
- giant planet — any of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, characterized by large mass, low density, and an extensive atmosphere
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- glacis plate — the frontal plate armour on a tank
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great primer — an 18-point type of a size larger than Columbian, formerly used for Bibles.
- great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- hand-painted — painted by a person rather than a machine
- hand-printed — (of numbers, letters, or designs) printed, or put on a surface, by hand rather than by machine
- hanging step — a step projecting from a wall with no real or apparent support at its outer end.
- have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hematophobia — Fear of bleeding or the sight of blood.
- hemiparasite — A plant that obtains or may obtain part of its food by parasitism, e.g., mistletoe, which also photosynthesizes.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatization — the transformation of tissue into a liver-like substance, esp of the lungs in pneumonia
- hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
- hepatoxicity — Toxicity that affects the liver.
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heterophobia — Fear or resentment of what is different.
- heterophoria — a latent strabismus of one or both eyes.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- homeopathist — a person who practices or favors homeopathy.
- homoeopathic — Alternative spelling of homeopathic.