12-letter words containing t, e, p, h
- over-the-top — the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- palaeolithic — the period of the emergence of primitive man and the manufacture of unpolished chipped stone tools, about 2.5 million to 3 million years ago until about 12 000 bc
- panaesthesia — an individual's general awareness or perception
- pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
- pantothenate — a widely occurring derivative of pantothenic acid
- paper-weight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- paraesthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paraesthetic — paresthesia.
- paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
- parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parity check — a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd.
- pass the hat — a shaped covering for the head, usually with a crown and brim, especially for wear outdoors.
- patch pocket — a pocket formed by sewing a piece of shaped material to the outside of a garment.
- patent right — the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
- pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
- pathetically — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathlessness — the state of being pathless
- pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- patriarchate — the office, dignity, jurisdiction, province, or residence of an ecclesiastical patriarch.
- pave the way — be a pioneer
- pearly white — white and lustrous as a pearl.
- peltier heat — the heat gained or lost at a junction of a thermocouple due to the Peltier effect.
- pelton wheel — a high-pressure impulse water turbine in which one or more free jets of water are directed against the buckets of the rotor.
- penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
- pennywhistle — a cheap toy whistle orig. sold for a penny
- pentahydrate — a hydrate that contains five molecules of water, as potassium molybdate, KMoO 4 ⋅5H 2 O.
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- penthesileia — the daughter of Ares and queen of the Amazons, whom she led to the aid of Troy. She was slain by Achilles
- perichaetial — denoting the leaves in mosses that surround the archegonia and, later, the base of the sporophyte
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
- periphrastic — circumlocutory; roundabout.
- peristrephic — that turns around or revolves
- peritrichate — (of bacteria) having flagella on the entire surface.
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- petach tikva — a city in W Israel, NE of Tel Aviv.
- peterborough — a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
- petite sirah — a dry red wine produced mainly in California
- petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- phanerophyte — a tree or shrub that bears its perennating buds more than 25 cm above the level of the soil