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10-letter words containing t, e, l, h

  • pentathlon — an athletic contest comprising five different track and field events and won by the contestant gaining the highest total score.
  • petroglyph — a drawing or carving on rock, made by a member of a prehistoric people.
  • petrolhead — a person who is excessively interested in or is devoted to travelling by car
  • phenolated — containing phenol; carbolated.
  • phenoplast — phenolic resin.
  • philatelic — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
  • philistine — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
  • phlebolite — a small mass or solid deposit of calcium that forms in a vein
  • phlebolith — valueless rock or mineral matter occurring in a vein; gangue.
  • phlebotome — a cutting instrument used for phlebotomy.
  • phlebotomy — the act or practice of opening a vein for letting or drawing blood as a therapeutic or diagnostic measure; venesection; bleeding.
  • phlegethon — Also called Pyriphlegethon. Classical Mythology. a river of fire, one of five rivers surrounding Hades.
  • phlegmatic — not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
  • phlogopite — a magnesium-rich mica mineral, usually yellowish-brown, but sometimes reddish-brown.
  • phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • photocells — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
  • photolyses — the chemical decomposition of materials under the influence of light.
  • photonovel — a novel published as a series of sequential photographs coupled with dialogue enclosed in balloons.
  • phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
  • pilothouse — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
  • pitch lake — a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).
  • pitch line — pitch circle.
  • pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
  • planchette — a small, heart-shaped board supported by two casters and a pencil or stylus that, when moved across a surface by the light, unguided pressure of the fingertips, is supposed to trace meaningful patterns or written messages revealing subconscious thoughts, psychic phenomena, clairvoyant messages, etc.
  • plate shop — a shop for cold-forming metal plates.
  • ploughgate — a measurement of ploughable land
  • plume moth — one of a family (Pterophoridae) of slender-bodied micro moths with narrow wings, each usually divided into two, three, or four "plumes". The type is the white Pterophorus pentadactylus
  • polishment — the state of being polished or the action of polishing
  • polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
  • polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
  • polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
  • polyhalite — a type or pink or red mineral
  • polytheism — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
  • polytheist — the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
  • pot-holder — a thick piece of material, as a quilted or woven pad, used in handling hot pots and dishes.
  • printwheel — daisy wheel.
  • psilophyte — any plant that is adapted to grow well in the dry savannah
  • push plate — a rectangular protective plate of metal, plastic, ceramic, or other material applied vertically to the lock stile of a door.
  • rattlehead — a rattlebrain.
  • rear light — vehicle's tail or back light
  • regal moth — a large moth, Citheronia regalis, having yellow spots on gray to olive forewings and on orange-red hind wings.
  • rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
  • rhythmless — movement or procedure with uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat, accent, or the like.
  • rifle shot — sound of shotgun fire
  • ruthlessly — without pity or compassion; cruel; merciless: a ruthless tyrant.
  • salt horse — salted beef; salt junk.
  • salt shake — a salt shaker.
  • saltshaker — table-salt dispenser
  • satchelful — the amount a satchel will hold
  • scatheless — to attack with severe criticism.
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