12-letter words containing a, m, p, h, e
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- non-empathic — of, relating to, or characterized by empathy, the psychological identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
- panchen lama — Tashi Lama.
- panhellenism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all Greeks in one political body.
- panhellenium — an institution founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian idealizing Greece's Classical history
- papier-mache — a substance made of pulped paper or paper pulp mixed with glue and other materials or of layers of paper glued and pressed together, molded when moist to form various articles, and becoming hard and strong when dry.
- pappenheimer — a heavy rapier of the 17th century, having a swept guard with two perforated plates.
- paramorphine — thebaine.
- parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- phaeomelanin — a variety of melanin that gives rise to a red-coloured pigment
- 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.
- phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- 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.
- phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
- photomontage — a combination of several photographs joined together for artistic effect or to show more of the subject than can be shown in a single photograph.
- 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.
- phrase-maker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).
- 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.
- plasmasphere — a region of cool plasma surrounding the earth, extending 8000–25,000 miles (13,000–40,000 km) into space, and bounded by the plasmapause.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
- power hammer — a type of mechanical hammer operated by compressed air and used by blacksmiths, metalworkers, and manufacturers
- prochein ami — next friend.
- promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
- pseudamphora — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.