12-letter words containing c, e, p, h, u
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- necrophorous — denoting animals, such as certain beetles, that carry away the bodies of dead animals
- neurotrophic — of or relating to the effect of nerves on the nutritive processes.
- neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nucleophilic — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- persulphuric — denoting a type of acid
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- photocurrent — an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- picture show — motion picture.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- pinch runner — a player sent into a game to replace a base runner.
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
- pre-purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
- pseudoscheme — A translator from Scheme to Common Lisp by Jonathan Rees <[email protected]>. Version 2.8. It conforms to all of R3RS except call/cc and requires Common Lisp. Runs on Lucid, Symbolics CL, VAX Lisp, Explorer CL. Mailing list: [email protected]
- psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
- public house — British. a tavern.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
- punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- purple beech — copper beech.
- purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
- purple patch — If someone, especially a sports player or team, goes through a purple patch, they are very successful or lucky for a period.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- sheep fescue — a widely distributed grass, Festuca ovina, having densely clustered stems and cultivated for lawns and forage.
- shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.