12-letter words containing c, o, r, e, h
- ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
- other income — Other income is income that does not come from a company's main business, such as interest.
- out of reach — beyond arm's length
- outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- overachieved — Simple past tense and past participle of overachieve.
- overachiever — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- ozonic ether — a solution of hydrogen peroxide in ethyl ether.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- parochialize — to make parochial.
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- perichoresis — the relationship between or interlinking of the three Persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)
- 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.
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
- 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).
- 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.
- pharmacopeia — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- phosphoresce — to be luminous without sensible heat, as phosphorus.
- photocurrent — an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- photothermic — pertaining to the thermal effects of light.
- picture show — motion picture.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pinch roller — a flexible device that presses magnetic tape against the capstan in a tape recorder.
- pitched-roof — a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
- place-holder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- policyholder — the individual or firm in whose name an insurance policy is written; an insured.
- poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
- pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
- pork-chopper — a labor official put on the union payroll as a reward for past loyalty or services.
- port chester — a city in SE New York, on Long Island Sound.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
- 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.
- prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.