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12-letter words containing a, p, h, i, l

  • photovoltaic — of or relating to the photovoltaic effect.
  • 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.
  • pigtail hook — a screw hook having an eye in the form of a spiral for holding a loop, chain link, etc., at any angle.
  • pitch a tale — to tell a story, usually of a fantastic nature
  • plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • planing hull — a hull that tends to rise from the water when under way so that no significant amount of water is displaced beyond a certain speed.
  • planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
  • 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
  • poland china — one of an American breed of black hogs having white markings.
  • polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
  • pollyannaish — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
  • polyarchical — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
  • polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
  • polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
  • 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.
  • postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
  • posthospital — following treatment in a hospital
  • preestablish — to establish beforehand.
  • prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
  • prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
  • pro-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
  • prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
  • prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
  • prothalamium — prothalamion.
  • psychosocial — of or relating to the interaction between social and psychological factors.
  • pyophthalmia — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
  • pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
  • pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
  • sailing ship — a large ship equipped with sails.
  • saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
  • salesmanship — the technique of selling a product: They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.
  • schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
  • schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
  • scopophiliac — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
  • scoptophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
  • scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
  • seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
  • shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • single-phase — noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
  • slap dashing — slab dashing.
  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
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