12-letter words containing c, h, i, p, o, t
- pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
- parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- pathological — of or relating to pathology.
- pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- 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.
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phi-function — Euler's phi-function.
- phonesthemic — (of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.
- 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.
- photochromic — (of chemically treated glass or plastic) capable of darkening or changing color when exposed to light.
- photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
- photoexcited — increased in energy due to photoexcitation
- photoglyphic — of or relating to photoglyphy
- photographic — of or relating to photography.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
- photothermic — pertaining to the thermal effects of light.
- phototrophic — any organism that uses light as its principal source of energy.
- photovoltaic — of or relating to the photovoltaic effect.
- phycologists — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- phycoxanthin — a yellow pigment found in brown seaweeds and types of algae
- phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- 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.
- picot stitch — a stitch that produces picots, or loops, of thread that extend beneath a row of connecting or finishing stitches.
- pictographic — a pictorial sign or symbol.
- picture show — motion picture.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- pinturicchio — real name Bernardino di Betto. ?1454–1513, Italian painter of the Umbrian school
- pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
- 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.