12-letter words containing a, r, m, c, h, i
- orchidomania — an obsession with or passion for orchids
- ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- paimio chair — a chair developed by Alvar Aalto between 1930 and 1933, having two continuous, ribbonlike elements made of bent laminated birch veneers forming the arms and legs and supporting a sheet of bent plywood that forms the back and seat.
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- papier-mache — a substance made of pulped paper or paper pulp mixed with glue and other materials or of layers of paper glued and pressed together, molded when moist to form various articles, and becoming hard and strong when dry.
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- parapsychism — the experience of mental phenomena that are beyond the scope of normal physical explanation
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
- pharmacopeia — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
- philharmonic — fond of or devoted to music; music-loving: used especially in the name of certain musical societies that sponsor symphony orchestras (Philharmonic Societies) and hence applied to their concerts (philharmonic concerts)
- prochain ami — a next friend or next of kin
- prochein ami — next friend.
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
- rachmaninoff — Sergei Wassilievitch [sur-gey vuh-seel-yuh-vich;; Russian syir-gyey vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /sɜrˈgeɪ vəˈsil yə vɪtʃ;; Russian syɪrˈgyeɪ vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1873–1943, Russian pianist and composer.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rhythmically — periodic, as motion, or a drumbeat.
- ring machine — a Linotype used primarily for making corrections.
- schneiderman — Rose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
- scram switch — (jargon) (From the nuclear power industry) An emergency power-off switch (see Big Red Switch), especially one positioned to be easily hit by evacuating personnel. In general, this is *not* something you frob lightly; these often initiate expensive events (such as Halon dumps) and are installed in a dinosaur pen for use in case of electrical fire or in case some luckless field servoid should put 120 volts across himself while Easter egging. SCRAM stands for Safety Control Rod Ax Man. In the early days of nuclear power, boron moderator rods were raised and lowered on ropes. In the event of a runaway chain reaction, a man with an axe would chop the rope and drop the rods into the nuclear pile to stop the reaction. See also molly-guard, TMRC.
- scrimshander — a person who makes scrimshaw objects.
- scrimshanker — a shirker
- shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- thaumaturgic — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
- the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
- the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
- thermostatic — a device, including a relay actuated by thermal conduction or convection, that functions to establish and maintain a desired temperature automatically or signals a change in temperature for manual adjustment.
- time charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified period
- trichogramma — any minute wasp of the genus Trichogramma, comprising a beneficial group of chalcidflies that parasitize the eggs of a variety of insect pests.
- trichromatic — pertaining to the use or combination of three colors, as in printing or in color photography.
- trimmer arch — an arch, usually of brick and in the form of half of a segmental arch, between a chimney and a header in a floor structure to support a hearth.
- vitamin-rich — (of a food or diet) containing a lot of vitamins or a lot of a particular vitamin
- witch's mark — devil's mark.