12-letter words containing e, p, i, c, h, l
- 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
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- police chief — chief of police: head of a US police force
- policyholder — the individual or firm in whose name an insurance policy is written; an insured.
- polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
- polycythemic — relating to polycythemia
- polyphenolic — relating to a polyphenol
- polyphyletic — developed from more than one ancestral type, as a group of animals.
- polytheistic — pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to polytheism, the doctrine that there is more than one god or many gods: Science thrived in the polytheistic culture of ancient Greece.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- pre-hellenic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., especially before the time of Alexander the Great. Compare Hellenistic (def 3).
- 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.
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
- public house — British. a tavern.
- purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
- schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
- siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
- silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
- space flight — journey into outer space
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- terephthalic — relating to, designating, or derived from terephthalic acid or its derivatives
- the olympics — the Olympic Games
- the pliocene — the Pliocene epoch or rock series
- thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
- thick-lipped — having thick lips
- tricephalous — with three heads
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- whelping ice — the ice on which a seal lies while giving birth in the spring.