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12-letter words containing a, h, i, e

  • peritrichate — (of bacteria) having flagella on the entire surface.
  • perphenazine — a crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 2 1 H 2 6 ClN 3 OS, used chiefly as a tranquilizer and in the treatment of intractable hiccoughs and nausea and vomiting.
  • petach tikva — a city in W Israel, NE of Tel Aviv.
  • petite sirah — a dry red wine produced mainly in California
  • phaeomelanin — a variety of melanin that gives rise to a red-coloured pigment
  • phalaenopsis — any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis, native to tropical Asia, having clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.
  • phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • 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.
  • pharmacopeia — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
  • phenarsazine — a type of toxin that originates from arsenic
  • phengophobia — an abnormal dread or terror of natural light
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phentolamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 3 O, used to reduce hypertensive states caused by a catecholamine excess, as in the treatment of pheochromocytoma.
  • phenylalanin — an essential amino-acid present in most proteins
  • philadelphia — a city in SE Pennsylvania, on the Delaware River: Declaration of Independence signed here July 4, 1776.
  • philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
  • philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
  • phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
  • phonasthenia — difficult or abnormal voice production; vocal weakness.
  • 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.
  • photo-ageing — premature wrinkling of the skin caused by overexposure to sunlight
  • photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
  • photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
  • photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
  • 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.
  • phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
  • 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.
  • phytonadione — vitamin K1.
  • pi character — any special character, such as an accent or mathematical symbol, which is not normally obtained in a standard type fount
  • picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
  • pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
  • pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
  • pirate perch — a purplish North American freshwater fish, Aphredoderus sayanus, the adult of which has the vent located in back of the lower jaw.
  • pitch a tale — to tell a story, usually of a fantastic nature
  • pitch accent — (in languages such as Ancient Greek or modern Swedish) an accent in which emphatic syllables are pronounced on a higher musical pitch relative to other syllables
  • plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • play chicken — to engage in a test of courage in which, typically, two vehicles are driven directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first
  • pleased with — satisfied or content with
  • pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
  • point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
  • pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
  • polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
  • polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
  • polythiazide — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 3 ClF 3 N 3 O 4 S 3 , used as a diuretic in the management of edema and hypertension.
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