12-letter words containing c, h, i, p, e, n
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- hebephreniac — a person suffering from hebephrenia
- heterophonic — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
- hickory pine — bristlecone pine.
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high concept — a simple and often striking idea or premise, as of a story or film, that lends itself to easy promotion and marketing.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hyperendemic — manifesting a high and persistent occurrence
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hypergenetic — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- hyperkinetic — Pathology. an abnormal amount of uncontrolled muscular action; spasm.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- ichnospecies — (paleontology) Any species known only from trace fossils, such as footprints, coprolites or nests.
- impeachments — Plural form of impeachment.
- in the chips — a small, slender piece, as of wood, separated by chopping, cutting, or breaking.
- interchapter — a short chapter in a book that occurs between two major chapters
- interpsychic — of or relating to the human soul or mind; mental (opposed to physical).
- intrahepatic — (anatomy) Within the liver.
- kidney punch — an illegal punch in the lower back.
- kinesipathic — of or relating to kinesipathy
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- 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.
- machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
- monocephalic — bearing one flower head, as the dandelion.
- monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
- necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- neoanthropic — neanthropic.
- nephelinitic — containing or resembling nephelinite, pertaining to nephelinite
- nephropathic — characterized by or relating to nephropathy
- 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
- 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.
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nucleophilic — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.