12-letter words containing m, a, c, h
- no match for — If one person or thing is no match for another, they are unable to compete successfully with the other person or thing.
- noam chomsky — (Avram) Noam [nohm,, noh-uh m] /noʊm,, ˈnoʊ əm/ (Show IPA), born 1928, U.S. linguist, educator, and political activist.
- nomothetical — Nomothetic.
- non-empathic — of, relating to, or characterized by empathy, the psychological identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.
- non-matching — not matching: a nonmatching set of furniture.
- normal pitch — relative point, position, or degree: a high pitch of excitement.
- nychthemeral — relating to a nychthemeron or to the changes or differences, specifically those relating to day and night, that occur within this span
- nymphomaniac — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
- omphalomancy — Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have.
- omphaloscopy — Introversion.
- on the march — If a group of soldiers are on the march, they are marching somewhere.
- onward march — the continuing, advancing or improving movement (of situation, etc)
- optic chiasm — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
- orange march — a parade on Orangemen's day
- orchidomania — an obsession with or passion for orchids
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- paimio chair — a chair developed by Alvar Aalto between 1930 and 1933, having two continuous, ribbonlike elements made of bent laminated birch veneers forming the arms and legs and supporting a sheet of bent plywood that forms the back and seat.
- panchen lama — Tashi Lama.
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- panpharmacon — a remedy or panacea
- papier-mache — a substance made of pulped paper or paper pulp mixed with glue and other materials or of layers of paper glued and pressed together, molded when moist to form various articles, and becoming hard and strong when dry.
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- parapsychism — the experience of mental phenomena that are beyond the scope of normal physical explanation
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- paschal lamb — Jewish History. a lamb slaughtered and eaten on the eve of the first day of Passover. Ex. 12:3–11.
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- 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).
- phantasmatic — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- phantasmical — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
- pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharmacopeia — a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
- philharmonic — fond of or devoted to music; music-loving: used especially in the name of certain musical societies that sponsor symphony orchestras (Philharmonic Societies) and hence applied to their concerts (philharmonic concerts)
- phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- phonocamptic — possessing the property of reflecting sound or producing an echo
- photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
- 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.
- plasma torch — an electrical device for converting a gas into a plasma, used for melting metal
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- 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.
- potichomania — the art or process of printing or using paint to decorate the inside of a glass vessel