12-letter words containing c, h, a, p, t, e
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatoxicity — Toxicity that affects the liver.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- homoeopathic — Alternative spelling of homeopathic.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hyperacidity — excessive acidity, as of the gastric juice.
- hyperchaotic — Of or pertaining to hyperchaos.
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
- hyperdactyly — the presence of extra fingers or toes.
- hyperplastic — Of, or relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperreactor — a person who behaves in a hyperreactive manner
- hypertypical — excessively typical
- hypothecated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothecate.
- hypothecator — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- hypothetical — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- impeachments — Plural form of impeachment.
- interchapter — a short chapter in a book that occurs between two major chapters
- intrahepatic — (anatomy) Within the liver.
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- leptocephali — Plural form of leptocephalus.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- 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
- mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
- narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
- neoanthropic — neanthropic.
- nephropathic — characterized by or relating to nephropathy
- 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.
- off the pace — behind the leader; out of first place
- on the cheap — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- 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
- pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
- paraesthetic — paresthesia.
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- parity check — a method for detecting errors in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd.
- patch pocket — a pocket formed by sewing a piece of shaped material to the outside of a garment.
- pathetically — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- patriarchate — the office, dignity, jurisdiction, province, or residence of an ecclesiastical patriarch.
- pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- perichaetial — denoting the leaves in mosses that surround the archegonia and, later, the base of the sporophyte
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- periphrastic — circumlocutory; roundabout.