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12-letter words containing c, a, l, i, h, e

  • necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.
  • neo-catholic — of or relating to those Anglicans who avowedly prefer the doctrines, rituals, etc., of the Roman Catholic Church to those of the Anglican communion.
  • netherlandic — Dutch (def 7).
  • nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
  • nomothetical — Nomothetic.
  • non-athletic — physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports: an athletic child.
  • nonspherical — not spherical
  • nontechnical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
  • nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
  • ochlocracies — Plural form of ochlocracy.
  • oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
  • olive branch — a branch of the olive tree as an emblem of peace.
  • orichalceous — relating to or resembling orichalc
  • orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
  • paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
  • palaeolithic — the period of the emergence of primitive man and the manufacture of unpolished chipped stone tools, about 2.5 million to 3 million years ago until about 12 000 bc
  • parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
  • parochialise — to make parochial.
  • parochialize — to make parochial.
  • pathetically — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
  • pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
  • perichaetial — denoting the leaves in mosses that surround the archegonia and, later, the base of the sporophyte
  • 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.
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
  • phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
  • phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
  • phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
  • 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.
  • pitch a tale — to tell a story, usually of a fantastic nature
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • 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
  • pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
  • polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
  • prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
  • pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
  • reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
  • reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
  • retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
  • rhetorically — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
  • rhinocerical — of or relating to the rhinoceros
  • roller chain — a power chain consisting of parallel pairs of flat links joined by pins covered with rollers, and engaging with the teeth of sprockets.
  • saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
  • schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
  • scheme-linda — A Scheme interface to Linda written by Ulf Dahlen of University of Edinburgh in 1990. It runs on the Computing Surface and the Symmetry.
  • schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
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