12-letter words containing h, a, p, y, m
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phlox family — the plant family Polemoniaceae, characterized by herbaceous or sometimes shrubby plants having simple or compound leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including gilia, Jacob's-ladder, moss pink, and phlox.
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
- polypharmacy — the use of two or more drugs together, usually to treat a single condition or disease.
- pro-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
- psychomachia — conflict of the soul
- pyophthalmia — suppurative inflammation of the eye.
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
- saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- sphygmograph — an instrument for recording the rapidity, strength, and uniformity of the arterial pulse.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- typhoid mary — Mary ("Typhoid Mary") 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.