12-letter words containing c, h, i, t, l
- monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
- monothalamic — having a sole cavity or compartment
- multichannel — Employing or possessing many television or communications channels.
- muscle shirt — Slang. a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.
- mythological — of or relating to mythology.
- neo-catholic — of or relating to those Anglicans who avowedly prefer the doctrines, rituals, etc., of the Roman Catholic Church to those of the Anglican communion.
- nephelinitic — containing or resembling nephelinite, pertaining to nephelinite
- netherlandic — Dutch (def 7).
- neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
- night school — a school held in the evening, especially for working adults and others who are unable to attend school during the day.
- nightclothes — Clothes worn to bed.
- nightclubber — One who visits a nightclub.
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- nomothetical — Nomothetic.
- non-athletic — physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports: an athletic child.
- non-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
- nontechnical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- object chill — ["Object CHILL - An Object Oriented Language for Systems Implementation", J. Winkler et al, ACM Comp Sci Conf 1992, pp. 139-147].
- old catholic — a member of any of several European churches professing to be truly Catholic but rejecting certain modern Roman Catholic doctrines, dogmas, and practices, especially the dogma of papal infallibility.
- oligochaetes — Plural form of oligochaete.
- oligotrophic — (of a lake) characterized by a low accumulation of dissolved nutrient salts, supporting but a sparse growth of algae and other organisms, and having a high oxygen content owing to the low organic content.
- optical path — the path of light through a medium, having a magnitude equal to the geometric distance through the system times the index of refraction of the medium.
- orthoclastic — (of a crystal) having cleavages at right angles to each other.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- orthosilicic — (chemistry) Of, relating to or derived from orthosilicic acid.
- palaeolithic — the period of the emergence of primitive man and the manufacture of unpolished chipped stone tools, about 2.5 million to 3 million years ago until about 12 000 bc
- parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- pathetically — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathological — of or relating to pathology.
- perichaetial — denoting the leaves in mosses that surround the archegonia and, later, the base of the sporophyte
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- phallocratic — relating to a male, or the beliefs assumed by such, who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- phantasmical — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- 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.
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
- 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.
- photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
- photoglyphic — of or relating to photoglyphy
- photovoltaic — of or relating to the photovoltaic effect.
- 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.
- phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- 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.
- pitch a tale — to tell a story, usually of a fantastic nature
- pitch chisel — a broad-edged chisel for cutting plane surfaces on stones.
- pitch circle — an imaginary circle within the profiles of the teeth of a gear, such that it rotates against a similar circle rotating at the same rate on a meshing gear.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.