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12-letter words containing c, r, a, s, h

  • orchestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of orchestrate.
  • orchestrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orchestrate.
  • orchestrator — One who orchestrates.
  • orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
  • orichalceous — relating to or resembling orichalc
  • orthoclastic — (of a crystal) having cleavages at right angles to each other.
  • orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
  • 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.
  • overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
  • paraesthetic — paresthesia.
  • paraphrastic — having the nature of a paraphrase.
  • parapsychism — the experience of mental phenomena that are beyond the scope of normal physical explanation
  • parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
  • 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.
  • pasch flower — pasqueflower
  • periphrastic — circumlocutory; roundabout.
  • 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.
  • physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
  • picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
  • plasma torch — an electrical device for converting a gas into a plasma, used for melting metal
  • postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
  • pre-purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • preachership — the office of a preacher
  • predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
  • press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
  • psychiatrist — a physician who practices psychiatry.
  • psychography — the supposed writing of a spirit or medium
  • purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
  • quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
  • rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
  • rachischisis — A developmental birth defect in which the neural tube fails to close completely, leading to motor and sensory deficits, chronic infections, and disturbances in bladder function.
  • radiesthetic — of or relating to radiesthesia
  • raised beach — a wave-cut platform raised above the shoreline by a relative fall in the water level
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • rauschenbergRobert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
  • reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
  • reproachless — irreproachable.
  • researchable — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
  • rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
  • ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
  • saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
  • saccharinity — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
  • saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
  • sacher torte — a chocolate cake covered with apricot jam and chocolate icing, usually served with whipped cream.
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