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14-letter words containing t, h, e, p, i, c

  • private school — a school founded, conducted, and maintained by a private group rather than by the government, usually charging tuition and often following a particular philosophy, viewpoint, etc.
  • prosthetically — a device, either external or implanted, that substitutes for or supplements a missing or defective part of the body.
  • pseudo-ethical — pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to right and wrong in conduct.
  • psychogenetics — the study of internal or mental states
  • psychotechnics — the use of psychological techniques for controlling and modifying human behavior, especially for practical ends.
  • pterylographic — relating to pterylography
  • pyelonephritic — of or relating to an inflammation of the pelvis and renal parenchyma
  • pyrotechnician — a specialist in the origin of fires, their nature and control, etc.
  • relative pitch — the pitch of a tone as determined by its relationship to other tones in a scale.
  • relief pitcher — a pitcher brought into a game to replace another pitcher, often in a critical situation.
  • sharp practice — You can use sharp practice to refer to an action or a way of behaving, especially in business or professional matters, that you think is clever but dishonest.
  • sistine chapel — the chapel of the pope in the Vatican at Rome, built for Pope Sixtus IV and decorated with frescoes by Michelangelo and others.
  • social chapter — The social chapter is an agreement between countries in the European Union concerning workers' rights and working conditions.
  • spinthariscope — an instrument that detects ionizing radiation by picking up sparks of light from alpha particles.
  • spirochaetosis — a disease caused by infection with a spirochete.
  • spotted orchid — any of various common Eurasian orchids, esp the heath and common spotted orchids (Dactylorhiza maculata and D. fuchsii). The flowers are variable but usually have dark blotches
  • steeplechasing — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • streptothricin — an antibacterial substance produced by a soil fungus, Actinomyces lavendulae.
  • subatmospheric — (of a quantity) having a value lower than that of the atmosphere: subatmospheric temperatures.
  • subtherapeutic — indicating a dosage, as of a drug or vitamin, less than the amount required for a therapeutic effect.
  • sulphacetamide — a topical antibiotic of the sulphonamide group, used to treat eye infections, as well as skin infections including acne
  • telepathically — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
  • telephonically — of, relating to, or happening by means of a telephone system.
  • the capitoline — the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome. The temple of Jupiter was on the southern summit and the ancient citadel on the northern summit
  • the cryptozoic — the Cryptozoic era
  • the palaeozoic — the Palaeozoic era
  • the public eye — If someone is in the public eye, many people know who they are, because they are famous or because they are often mentioned on television or in the newspapers.
  • therianthropic — being partly bestial and partly human in form.
  • thermoperiodic — responding to or affected by periodic differences in temperatures.
  • third republic — the republic established in France in 1870 and terminating with the Nazi occupation in 1940.
  • thought police — a group of people with totalitarian views on a given subject, who constantly monitor others for any deviation from prescribed thinking
  • tip the scales — to exercise a decisive influence
  • tripe-de-roche — rock tripe.
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
  • unmetaphysical — (of a statement or theory) not metaphysical or abstract
  • unsophisticate — not sophisticated
  • variable-pitch — (of a propeller) controllable-pitch.
  • vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
  • xerophytically — As a xerophyte.
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