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.