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12-letter words containing t, h, e, i, l, r

  • overwithhold — to withhold too much.
  • paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
  • 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.
  • perichaetial — denoting the leaves in mosses that surround the archegonia and, later, the base of the sporophyte
  • petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
  • pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
  • photo relief — a method of showing the configuration of the relief of an area by photographing a model of it that is illuminated by a lamp in the northwest corner
  • photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
  • phylacteries — 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.
  • pitch circle — an imaginary circle within the profiles of the teeth of a gear, such that it rotates against a similar circle rotating at the same rate on a meshing gear.
  • poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
  • porthole die — a die having several openings for the extrusion of separate parts of an object later formed by the welding or fusing together of these parts.
  • poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
  • preestablish — to establish beforehand.
  • preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
  • prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
  • pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
  • pyrophyllite — Mineralogy. a phyllosilicate, AlSi 2 O 5 (OH), usually having a white or greenish color, and occurring in either foliated or compact masses, the latter variety being used like soapstone.
  • quarterlight — A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent.
  • re-establish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
  • reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
  • reality show — A reality show is a type of television program that aims to show how ordinary people behave in everyday life, or in situations, often created by the program makers, which are intended to represent everyday life.
  • rehabilitant — a person who is undergoing rehabilitation, especially for a physical disability.
  • rehabilitate — to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
  • reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
  • rhetorically — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
  • rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
  • right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
  • rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
  • saint helier — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
  • scratch file — A scratch file is a temporary computer file which you use as a work area or as a store while a program is operating.
  • scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
  • shareability — the state or property of being able to be shared
  • shirt-lifter — a homosexual
  • shirt-sleeve — not wearing a jacket; informally dressed: a shirt-sleeve mob.
  • shirt-tailed — (of a garment) having a shirt-tail
  • shirtsleeved — not wearing a jacket or coat
  • short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
  • skirt length — the length of someone's skirt
  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • sphericality — the state of being a sphere
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • star thistle — any of several naturalized Eurasian plants of the genus Centaurea, especially C. calcitrapa, having purplish, spiny flower heads.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
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