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12-letter words containing t, e, l, p, h

  • siphonostele — a hollow tube of vascular tissue enclosing a pith and embedded in ground tissue.
  • slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
  • south platte — a river flowing NE from central Colorado to the Platte River in W Nebraska. 424 miles (683 km) long.
  • space flight — journey into outer space
  • space helmet — a helmet worn by astronauts while in outer space
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • sphericality — the state of being a sphere
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
  • sponge cloth — any cloth loosely woven of coarse yarn to produce a spongy look or texture, especially one constructed in honeycomb weave.
  • steeplechase — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • stegophilist — a person who enjoys climbing up the outside of buildings
  • stephenville — a town in central Texas.
  • stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother
  • strophiolate — having a strophiole
  • super-sleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
  • superathlete — a highly accomplished athlete, an exceptional athlete
  • switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • t lymphocyte — any of several closely related lymphocytes, developed in the thymus, that circulate in the blood and lymph and orchestrate the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells, either by lymphokine secretions or by direct contact: helper T cells recognize foreign antigen on the surfaces of other cells, then they stimulate B cells to produce antibody and signal killer T cells to destroy the antigen-displaying cells; subsequently suppressor T cells return the immune system to normal by inactivating the B cells and killer T cells.
  • t-lymphocyte — T cell.
  • tax loophole — a legal way of avoiding the payment of tax, or part of a tax bill, due to a gap in tax legislation
  • technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
  • telegraphese — a style of writing or speaking distinguished by the omissions, abbreviations, and combinations that are characteristic of telegrams, as in “ expect arrive six evening. ”.
  • telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
  • téléphérique — a cableway
  • teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
  • tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
  • terephthalic — relating to, designating, or derived from terephthalic acid or its derivatives
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • the pliocene — the Pliocene epoch or rock series
  • the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
  • the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
  • theophylline — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theobromine, extracted from tea leaves or produced synthetically: used to relieve bronchial spasms, in the treatment of certain heart conditions, and as a diuretic.
  • thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
  • thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
  • thick-lipped — having thick lips
  • thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
  • tight-lipped — speaking very little; taciturn; close-mouthed.
  • tragelaphine — of or relating to a tragelaph
  • triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
  • tricephalous — with three heads
  • triple rhyme — a rhyme either of two syllables of which the second is unstressed (double rhyme) as in motion, notion, or of three syllables of which the second and third are unstressed (triple rhyme) as in fortunate, importunate.
  • unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
  • unhospitable — not hospitable
  • water splash — a place where a stream runs over a road
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