12-letter words containing c, h, i, p, s, l
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- nonspherical — not spherical
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- 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.
- parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
- 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.
- persulphuric — denoting a type of acid
- phantasmical — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
- phycologists — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- pitch chisel — a broad-edged chisel for cutting plane surfaces on stones.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- polyhistoric — relating to a polyhistor
- polystichous — arranged in rows or series.
- polytheistic — pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to polytheism, the doctrine that there is more than one god or many gods: Science thrived in the polytheistic culture of ancient Greece.
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- psychologism — emphasis upon psychological factors in the development of a theory, as in history or philosophy.
- psychologist — a specialist in psychology.
- psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
- psychosocial — of or relating to the interaction between social and psychological factors.
- public house — British. a tavern.
- schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
- schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
- scopophiliac — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- scoptophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
- silicon chip — A silicon chip is a very small piece of silicon inside a computer. It has electronic circuits on it and can hold large quantities of information or perform mathematical or logical operations.
- silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
- space flight — journey into outer space
- spasmophilic — of or noting spasmophilia.
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix