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12-letter words containing i, s, c, h, o, r

  • parochialise — to make parochial.
  • parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
  • parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
  • perichoresis — the relationship between or interlinking of the three Persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)
  • peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
  • petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
  • petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
  • physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
  • picture show — motion picture.
  • polyhistoric — relating to a polyhistor
  • postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
  • poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
  • prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
  • preschooling — the education of preschool children.
  • propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
  • psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
  • psychotronic — of or relating to a genre of usually low-budget movies that includes horror, fantasy, science-fiction, and underground films.
  • psychotropic — affecting mental activity, behavior, or perception, as a mood-altering drug.
  • pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
  • pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
  • rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
  • rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
  • rock cornish — a small hybrid chicken produced by mating Cornish and White Rock chickens and marketed especially as a roaster.
  • rostropovich — Mstislav (Leopoldovich) [mis-tuh-slahv lee-uh-pohl-duh-vich;; Russian mstyi-slahf lyi-uh-pawl-duh-vyich] /ˈmɪs təˌslɑv ˌli əˈpoʊl də vɪtʃ;; Russian mstyɪˈslɑf lyɪ əˈpɔl də vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1927–2007, Soviet cellist and conductor (husband of Galina Vishnevskaya).
  • saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • schizocarpic — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
  • 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
  • scorpionfish — any of several tropical and temperate marine scorpaenid fishes, especially members of the genus Scorpaena, many having venomous dorsal spines.
  • scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
  • scotch-irish — (used with a plural verb) the descendants of the Lowland Scots who were settled in Ulster in the 17th century.
  • scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
  • second birth — spiritual rebirth.
  • second reich — the German Empire 1871–1919.
  • shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
  • shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
  • short notice — little warning
  • 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.
  • short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
  • shortcomings — a failure, defect, or deficiency in conduct, condition, thought, ability, etc.: a social shortcoming; a shortcoming of his philosophy.
  • shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.
  • showy orchis — a wild orchid, Orchis spectabilis, of eastern North America, having a spike of showy flowers, each with purple, pink, or white sepals and petals united into a galea and a white lip.
  • siderochrome — any of various chemical compounds functioning in the transport of iron in bacteria.
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
  • skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
  • soccer pitch — the field of play used in soccer
  • sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
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