12-letter words containing a, p, i, s, h
- hypostatised — to treat or regard (a concept, idea, etc.) as a distinct substance or reality.
- hypostatized — Simple past tense and past participle of hypostatize.
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- impeachments — Plural form of impeachment.
- imperishable — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- imperishably — In an imperishable manner.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- inhospitable — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- inhospitably — not inclined to, or characterized by, hospitality, as persons or actions; unfriendly.
- intrapsychic — Within the psyche or mind.
- irish potato — potato (def 1).
- islamophobia — Alternative capitalization of Islamophobia.
- ismail pasha — 1830–95, viceroy and khedive of Egypt 1863–79.
- katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
- khaibar pass — Khyber Pass.
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kinesophobia — Fear of movement.
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- landing ship — any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
- macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
- marksmanship — a person who is skilled in shooting at a mark; a person who shoots well.
- mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- matopo hills — the granite hills south of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, where Cecil Rhodes chose to be buried
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
- metal polish — cleaning fluid designed to clean, polish or add shine to metal
- metamorphism — Geology. a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline.
- metamorphist — a member of a group of 16th century Christians who believed that the humanly body of Jesus Christ metamorphosed into God during the Ascension
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- metaphrastic — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metapsychics — the study of psychic phenomena beyond the limits of ordinary or orthodox psychology
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
- misapprehend — to misunderstand.
- misemphasize — to emphasize incorrectly
- mishappening — Present participle of mishappen.
- morphallaxis — Biology. the regeneration of a destroyed body part by the reorganization of its remaining cells.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.