12-letter words containing a, p, r, i, c
- ectoparasite — an external parasite (opposed to endoparasite).
- emancipators — Plural form of emancipator.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- emancipatrix — A woman, girl, or any other entity treated as female who emancipates; a female emancipator.
- empyreumatic — relating to empyreuma
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- epicureanism — An ancient school of philosophy founded in Athens by Epicurus. The school rejected determinism and advocated hedonism (pleasure as the highest good), but of a restrained kind: mental pleasure was regarded more highly than physical, and the ultimate pleasure was held to be freedom from anxiety and mental pain, esp. that arising from needless fear of death and of the gods.
- epicuticular — Relating to the epicuticle.
- epigrammatic — Of the nature or in the style of an epigram; concise, clever, and amusing.
- epigraphical — Epigraphic.
- epirrhematic — relating to epirrhema
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- extracampine — (psychiatry, of hallucination) Beyond the possible sensory field.
- extrahepatic — Originating or occurring outside the liver.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- fire company — a company of firefighters.
- francophilia — Alternative capitalization of Francophilia.
- francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
- garlic press — kitchen tool for crushing garlic
- garrison cap — overseas cap.
- gastroscopic — Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
- geographical — of or relating to geography.
- glacier peak — a volcanic mountain in NW central Washington, in the Cascade range. 10,541 feet (3213 meters).
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- grace period — a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.
- grape picker — someone who picks grapes
- graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
- graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- hagiographic — Of or pertaining to hagiography.
- hammer price — the price offered as the winning bid in a public auction
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
- hebephreniac — a person suffering from hebephrenia
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliographic — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hierographic — of or relating to hierographs
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- hydrographic — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hygrographic — of or relating to a hygrograph
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperacidity — excessive acidity, as of the gastric juice.
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.