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12-letter words containing a, p, r, e, h, n

  • jumping hare — springhare.
  • keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
  • kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
  • laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
  • linear graph — graph (def 2b).
  • linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
  • lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
  • magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
  • magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
  • marimbaphone — (obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba but with steel keys instead of wood, developed in early 20th century United States.
  • meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
  • melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
  • metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
  • misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
  • misapprehend — to misunderstand.
  • narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
  • necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
  • necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
  • necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.
  • needle-sharp — very sharp
  • neoanthropic — neanthropic.
  • nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
  • nephropathic — characterized by or relating to nephropathy
  • neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
  • neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
  • neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
  • night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
  • nonspherical — not spherical
  • north platte — a river flowing from N Colorado through SE Wyoming and W Nebraska into the Platte. 618 miles (995 sq. km) long.
  • oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
  • open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
  • open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
  • oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
  • orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
  • paperhanging — the activity or business of a paperhanger.
  • pappenheimer — a heavy rapier of the 17th century, having a swept guard with two perforated plates.
  • parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
  • paramorphine — thebaine.
  • paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
  • parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
  • 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.
  • parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
  • patent right — the exclusive right granted by a patent, as on an invention.
  • pathbreaking — pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
  • peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
  • 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)
  • penny shares — Penny shares are shares that are offered for sale at a low price.
  • pentahydrate — a hydrate that contains five molecules of water, as potassium molybdate, KMoO 4 ⋅5H 2 O.
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