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12-letter words containing h, y, r, a, c, o

  • hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
  • ichthyolatry — The worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.
  • ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
  • lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
  • lachrymatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
  • lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
  • lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
  • lamprophyric — belonging or relating to a lamprophyre
  • lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
  • lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
  • macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
  • microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
  • moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
  • monochromacy — The quality of having only one independent channel for conveying color information in the eye, i.e. total color blindness.
  • myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
  • myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
  • narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
  • oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
  • octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
  • onychophoran — any small, predatory, caterpillarlike animal of the phylum Onychophora, common in tropical forests, having stubby legs ending in pincers.
  • orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
  • ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
  • pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
  • physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
  • polyarchical — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
  • 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.
  • prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
  • psychography — the supposed writing of a spirit or medium
  • pyrocatechol — catechol.
  • pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
  • rhetorically — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
  • rhyncophoran — any of various beetles, including the weevils, having the head extended to form a snout
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • synchroflash — of or relating to photography employing a device that synchronizes the photoflash with the shutter.
  • synchronical — happening at the same time
  • technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
  • tetrachotomy — the segmentation of something into four parts
  • thoracectomy — excision of part or all of a rib.
  • thoracically — by way of the thorax; in the thorax
  • thoracostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the chest wall, usually for the drainage of fluid or the release of an abnormal accumulation of air.
  • tracheophyte — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
  • tracheoscopy — examination of the interior of the trachea, as with a laryngoscope.
  • tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
  • unheroically — in an unheroic manner
  • yachtsperson — A yachtsman or yachtswoman.
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