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12-letter words containing c, a, p, h

  • lamprophyric — belonging or relating to a lamprophyre
  • launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
  • lay preacher — a preacher who is not a member of the clergy
  • leptocephali — Plural form of leptocephalus.
  • lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • 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.
  • lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
  • lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
  • lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
  • machtpolitik — power politics
  • machu picchu — the site of an ancient Incan and pre-Incan city, about 7000 feet (2130 meters) above sea level in the Andes, in S central Peru.
  • macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
  • macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
  • macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
  • mammographic — Of, or pertaining to, mammography.
  • marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
  • matrix patch — A matrix patch is an adhesive patch with medicine distributed through the adhesive. The patch is applied to the skin, and the medicine in it is delivered into the skin and into the bloodstream.
  • megacephalic — macrocephalic.
  • mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
  • metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • 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
  • microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
  • micrographia — minute handwriting.
  • micrographic — Pertaining to micrographics.
  • microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
  • microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
  • misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
  • monocephalic — bearing one flower head, as the dandelion.
  • musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
  • mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
  • myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
  • myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
  • narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
  • naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
  • necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
  • necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
  • necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.
  • neencephalon — the more recent part of the brain in the evolutionary development of animals, including the cerebral cortex and its related structures.
  • neoanthropic — neanthropic.
  • nephropathic — characterized by or relating to nephropathy
  • non-atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
  • non-empathic — of, relating to, or characterized by empathy, the psychological identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.
  • non-hispanic — Spanish.
  • nonphysician — a person who is not a physician
  • nonspherical — not spherical
  • normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
  • nymphomaniac — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
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