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12-letter words containing a, n, h, e, l

  • phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
  • 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
  • philandering — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
  • 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.
  • photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • planet earth — the world
  • planet wheel — any of the gears in an epicyclic train surrounding and engaging with the sun gear.
  • 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
  • polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
  • prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
  • press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
  • qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
  • re-challenge — to challenge (someone or something) again
  • rear echelon — (in a military operation) the troops, officers, etc., removed from the combat zone and responsible for administration, matériel, etc.
  • rehabilitant — a person who is undergoing rehabilitation, especially for a physical disability.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • rhinocerical — of or relating to the rhinoceros
  • rhinorrhoeal — of or relating to rhinorrhoea
  • rhode island — US state
  • right-angled — A right-angled triangle has one angle that is a right angle.
  • 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.
  • rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
  • saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
  • saint helenaSaint, c247–c330, mother of Constantine I.
  • saint helens — a city in Merseyside, in NW England, near Liverpool.
  • saint helier — a British island in the English Channel: the largest of the Channel Islands. 44 sq. mi. (116 sq. km). Capital: St. Helier.
  • saint phalleNiki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
  • saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
  • salesmanship — the technique of selling a product: They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.
  • scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
  • schmalkalden — a town in central Germany: a league to defend Protestantism formed here 1531.
  • schwann cell — a cell of the peripheral nervous system that wraps around a nerve fiber, jelly-roll fashion, forming the myelin sheath.
  • sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • scratch line — a line that marks the start of a race.
  • sea elephant — elephant seal.
  • selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • self-healing — curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
  • self-heating — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • shareholding — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
  • shoot a line — to try to create a false image, as by boasting or exaggerating
  • simian shelf — a shelflike thickening along the inside of the mandible, characteristic of the anthropoid apes.
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