12-letter words containing e, c, h, o, n
- ozonic ether — a solution of hydrogen peroxide in ethyl ether.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
- 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.
- 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.
- photocurrent — an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- 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.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- 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.
- polyphenolic — relating to a polyphenol
- ponzi scheme — a swindle in which a quick return, made up of money from new investors, on an initial investment lures the victim into much bigger risks.
- 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.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- prochein ami — next friend.
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- ratchet down — If something ratchets down or is ratcheted down, it decreases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to increase again.
- rear echelon — (in a military operation) the troops, officers, etc., removed from the combat zone and responsible for administration, matériel, etc.
- rhinocerical — of or relating to the rhinoceros
- rhynchophore — a member of the Rhynchophora, a former name for the superfamily of beetles (Curculionoidea) that comprises the weevils and bark beetles
- roller chain — a power chain consisting of parallel pairs of flat links joined by pins covered with rollers, and engaging with the teeth of sprockets.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schizogenous — schizogenetic.
- schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
- schoenheimer — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1898–1941, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany.
- schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- second birth — spiritual rebirth.
- second reich — the German Empire 1871–1919.
- second sheet — a sheet of blank stationery, used in a letter as the second and following pages to a sheet having a letterhead.
- second sight — the faculty of seeing future events; clairvoyance.
- second teeth — the teeth which replace the milk teeth
- second-homer — a person who owns another house in addition to their main home, often in an area where they are not native and used as a holiday home