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

  • necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.
  • 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.
  • nonspherical — not spherical
  • normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
  • oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • octastrophic — having or containing eight verses or strophes
  • onychophoran — any small, predatory, caterpillarlike animal of the phylum Onychophora, common in tropical forests, having stubby legs ending in pincers.
  • orographical — relating to the study of mountains
  • orthographic — of or relating to orthography.
  • 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.
  • oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
  • overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
  • overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
  • paimio chair — a chair developed by Alvar Aalto between 1930 and 1933, having two continuous, ribbonlike elements made of bent laminated birch veneers forming the arms and legs and supporting a sheet of bent plywood that forms the back and seat.
  • panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
  • panpharmacon — a remedy or panacea
  • parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
  • parochialise — to make parochial.
  • parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
  • parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
  • parochialize — to make parochial.
  • pasch flower — pasqueflower
  • phallocratic — relating to a male, or the beliefs assumed by such, who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
  • phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • 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.
  • pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
  • pharmacopeia — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
  • philharmonic — fond of or devoted to music; music-loving: used especially in the name of certain musical societies that sponsor symphony orchestras (Philharmonic Societies) and hence applied to their concerts (philharmonic concerts)
  • phonographic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a phonograph.
  • photographic — of or relating to photography.
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
  • pictographic — a pictorial sign or symbol.
  • place-holder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
  • planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
  • plasma torch — an electrical device for converting a gas into a plasma, used for melting metal
  • 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.
  • polyarchical — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
  • polypharmacy — the use of two or more drugs together, usually to treat a single condition or disease.
  • pornographic — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
  • postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
  • pro-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
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