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12-letter words containing e, n, c, p, h, a

  • parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
  • pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
  • peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
  • 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.
  • pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
  • 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).
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
  • pitch accent — (in languages such as Ancient Greek or modern Swedish) an accent in which emphatic syllables are pronounced on a higher musical pitch relative to other syllables
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • play chicken — to engage in a test of courage in which, typically, two vehicles are driven directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first
  • 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.
  • pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
  • press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
  • prochein ami — next friend.
  • punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
  • punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
  • scampishness — the quality of being scampish
  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
  • spanish rice — rice prepared with chopped onions, tomatoes, green peppers, and sometimes diced ham, seasoned with cayenne pepper and mixed with butter.
  • speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • spin machine — an organization or group of people acting together to present news or information in a way that creates a particular desired impression
  • spinach beet — chard, a plant cultivated for its edible leaves
  • sprechgesang — a vocal style intermediate between speech and singing but without exact pitch intonation.
  • stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • sycophantize — to act the sycophant
  • tape machine — a tape recorder.
  • technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
  • technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
  • tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
  • the cenotaph — the monument in Whitehall, London, honouring the dead of both World Wars: designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens: erected in 1920
  • the pandects — a digest of Roman civil law in fifty books, compiled for the emperor Justinian in the 6th cent. a.d.; the Digest
  • theanthropic — of or relating to both God or a god and human beings; both divine and human.
  • trichopteran — trichopterous.
  • unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
  • unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
  • unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
  • undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
  • unreproached — not reproached, criticized, or scolded
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