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12-letter words containing c, h, o, p, i, n

  • non-atrophic — Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /əˈtroʊ fi ə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
  • 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.
  • non-hispanic — Spanish.
  • non-strophic — Also, strophical. consisting of, pertaining to, or characterized by a strophe or strophes.
  • nonphysician — a person who is not a physician
  • nonpsychotic — Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
  • nonspherical — not spherical
  • normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
  • 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.
  • nymphomaniac — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
  • oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
  • onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
  • opisthotonic — of or relating to opisthotonos
  • ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
  • outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
  • packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
  • pancho-villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
  • panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
  • pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
  • parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
  • pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
  • pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
  • pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
  • perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
  • phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
  • phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phi-function — Euler's phi-function.
  • philharmonic — fond of or devoted to music; music-loving: used especially in the name of certain musical societies that sponsor symphony orchestras (Philharmonic Societies) and hence applied to their concerts (philharmonic concerts)
  • phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
  • 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
  • phonographic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a phonograph.
  • phonological — relating to study of speech sounds
  • phonotactics — the patterns in which the phonemes of a language may combine to form sequences.
  • photoactinic — emitting radiation having the chemical effects of light and ultraviolet rays, as on a photographic film.
  • photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • photoinduced — induced by light.
  • photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
  • phycoxanthin — a yellow pigment found in brown seaweeds and types of algae
  • phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
  • picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
  • pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
  • pinch roller — a flexible device that presses magnetic tape against the capstan in a tape recorder.
  • pinchcommons — a person who is frugal with food
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