12-letter words containing c, a, t, p, h, o
- pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
- parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- patch pocket — a pocket formed by sewing a piece of shaped material to the outside of a garment.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- pathological — of or relating to pathology.
- phagocytoses — phagocytize.
- phagocytosis — Physiology. the ingestion of a smaller cell or cell fragment, a microorganism, or foreign particles by means of the local infolding of a cell's membrane and the protrusion of its cytoplasm around the fold until the material has been surrounded and engulfed by closure of the membrane and formation of a vacuole: characteristic of amebas and some types of white blood cells.
- phagocytotic — relating to phagocytosis
- phallocratic — relating to a male, or the beliefs assumed by such, who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- 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.
- 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.
- phonocamptic — possessing the property of reflecting sound or producing an echo
- phonotactics — the patterns in which the phonemes of a language may combine to form sequences.
- phosphatidic — of or relating to a phosphatide
- photoactinic — emitting radiation having the chemical effects of light and ultraviolet rays, as on a photographic film.
- photocathode — a cathode, typically of a cesium or sodium compound, having the property of emitting electrons when activated by light or other radiation.
- photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
- photographic — of or relating to photography.
- photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- photovoltaic — of or relating to the photovoltaic effect.
- phycoxanthin — a yellow pigment found in brown seaweeds and types of algae
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- 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.
- pictographic — a pictorial sign or symbol.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- plasma torch — an electrical device for converting a gas into a plasma, used for melting metal
- play clothes — clothes that are suitable for playing in
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- potichomania — the art or process of printing or using paint to decorate the inside of a glass vessel
- pro-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- psychopathic — of, relating to, or affected with psychopathy.
- pyrocatechol — catechol.
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- rhamphotheca — the horny covering of a bird's bill.
- router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
- scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
- scoptophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.