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12-letter words containing a, c, e, p, h, l

  • hypocalcemia — an abnormally small amount of calcium in the blood.
  • hypocalcemic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hypocalcemia.
  • hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
  • hypothetical — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
  • lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
  • lay preacher — a preacher who is not a member of the clergy
  • leptocephali — Plural form of leptocephalus.
  • lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • lisp machine — 1.   (architecture)   Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2.   (hardware, operating system)   A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
  • lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
  • macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
  • megacephalic — macrocephalic.
  • mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
  • metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
  • monocephalic — bearing one flower head, as the dandelion.
  • necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.
  • neencephalon — the more recent part of the brain in the evolutionary development of animals, including the cerebral cortex and its related structures.
  • nonspherical — not spherical
  • open channel — An open channel is a type of flow in which one surface is free (= not restricted by anything).
  • orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
  • packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
  • paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
  • 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
  • panchen lama — Tashi Lama.
  • parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
  • parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
  • parochialise — to make parochial.
  • parochialize — to make parochial.
  • pasch flower — pasqueflower
  • pathetically — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
  • pebble beach — a beach covered with pebbles or stones rather than sand
  • pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
  • pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
  • perichaetial — denoting the leaves in mosses that surround the archegonia and, later, the base of the sporophyte
  • 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.
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
  • phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
  • phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
  • phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • 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.
  • physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
  • pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
  • pitch a tale — to tell a story, usually of a fantastic nature
  • place-holder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
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