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