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12-letter words containing c, h, i, p, r

  • preachership — the office of a preacher
  • predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
  • preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
  • prenticeship — an apprenticeship
  • prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
  • preschooling — the education of preschool children.
  • prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
  • pro-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
  • prochain ami — a next friend or next of kin
  • prochein ami — next friend.
  • propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
  • prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
  • protomorphic — having a primitive character or structure.
  • prototrophic — (especially of certain bacteria) requiring only inorganic substances for growth.
  • psychiatrist — a physician who practices psychiatry.
  • psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
  • psychotronic — of or relating to a genre of usually low-budget movies that includes horror, fantasy, science-fiction, and underground films.
  • psychotropic — affecting mental activity, behavior, or perception, as a mood-altering drug.
  • purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
  • pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
  • pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
  • pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
  • quadraphonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
  • quadriphonic — quadraphonic.
  • quadrophonic — Alternative spelling of quadraphonic.
  • rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • receivership — the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
  • retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
  • rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
  • rostropovich — Mstislav (Leopoldovich) [mis-tuh-slahv lee-uh-pohl-duh-vich;; Russian mstyi-slahf lyi-uh-pawl-duh-vyich] /ˈmɪs təˌslɑv ˌli əˈpoʊl də vɪtʃ;; Russian mstyɪˈslɑf lyɪ əˈpɔl də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1927–2007, Soviet cellist and conductor (husband of Galina Vishnevskaya).
  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
  • schizocarpic — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
  • schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
  • scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
  • scorpionfish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
  • scratchpad i — (language)   A general-purpose language originally for interactive symbolic mathematics by Richard Jenks, Barry Trager, Stephen M. Watt and Robert S. Sutor of IBM Research, ca 1971. It features abstract parametrised data types, multiple inheritance and polymorphism. There were implementations for VM/CMS and AIX.
  • scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
  • seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
  • shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
  • shiner perch — a small, silvery perch, Cymatogaster aggregata, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America and bearing live young.
  • short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
  • shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
  • silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
  • skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
  • soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
  • sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
  • sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
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