12-letter words containing a, c, h, l, o, r
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- parochialize — to make parochial.
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- phallocratic — relating to a male, or the beliefs assumed by such, who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- 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.
- pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- philharmonic — fond of or devoted to music; music-loving: used especially in the name of certain musical societies that sponsor symphony orchestras (Philharmonic Societies) and hence applied to their concerts (philharmonic concerts)
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- place-holder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- plasma torch — an electrical device for converting a gas into a plasma, used for melting metal
- poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
- polyarchical — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polypharmacy — the use of two or more drugs together, usually to treat a single condition or disease.
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- pro-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- rear echelon — (in a military operation) the troops, officers, etc., removed from the combat zone and responsible for administration, matériel, etc.
- reproachable — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- reproachless — irreproachable.
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- rhetorically — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rhinocerical — of or relating to the rhinoceros
- rhopaloceral — of or relating to creatures from the Rhopalocera division of animals, which includes all butterflies, distinguished from moths on account of their club-shaped antennae
- roller chain — a power chain consisting of parallel pairs of flat links joined by pins covered with rollers, and engaging with the teeth of sprockets.
- saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
- school board — a local board or committee in charge of public education.
- school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
- school shark — an Australian shark resembling the tope, Notogaleus australis
- schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
- scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- shawl collar — a rolled collar and lapel in one piece that curves from the back of the neck down to the front closure of a single-breasted or double-breasted garment.
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- synchroflash — of or relating to photography employing a device that synchronizes the photoflash with the shutter.
- synchronical — happening at the same time
- thalassocrat — a nation that has dominion over the seas.
- the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
- theocratical — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- thoracically — by way of the thorax; in the thorax
- torchon lace — a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
- trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
- trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.