12-letter words containing n, e, p, h
- phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
- phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- photo-ageing — premature wrinkling of the skin caused by overexposure to sunlight
- photocurrent — an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.
- photoengrave — to make a photoengraving of.
- photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- photokinesis — movement occurring upon exposure to light.
- photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
- photomontage — a combination of several photographs joined together for artistic effect or to show more of the subject than can be shown in a single photograph.
- photoneutron — a neutron emitted from a nucleus during photodisintegration.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- photosetting — photocompose.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).
- phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- phrenologize — to treat with phrenology or phrenological methods
- phrontistery — a place or establishment for thinking, studying, or learning
- phylogenesis — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- phytobenthos — microscopic plants that live in the bottom of the ocean
- phytogenesis — the origin and development of plants.
- phytohormone — hormone (def 3).
- phytonadione — vitamin K1.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- pinch effect — the tendency of an electric conductor or stream of charged particles to constrict, caused by the action of a magnetic field that is produced by a flow of electricity.
- pinch hitter — Baseball. a substitute who bats for a teammate, often at a critical moment of the game.
- pinch roller — a flexible device that presses magnetic tape against the capstan in a tape recorder.
- pinch runner — a player sent into a game to replace a base runner.
- pinch-hitter — a batter who acts as a substitute for the scheduled batter
- pitch accent — (in languages such as Ancient Greek or modern Swedish) an accent in which emphatic syllables are pronounced on a higher musical pitch relative to other syllables
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- planet earth — the world
- planet wheel — any of the gears in an epicyclic train surrounding and engaging with the sun gear.
- 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
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- pointed arch — an arch having a pointed apex.
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- polyethylene — a plastic polymer of ethylene used chiefly for containers, electrical insulation, and packaging.
- polyphenolic — relating to a polyphenol
- polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
- ponzi scheme — a swindle in which a quick return, made up of money from new investors, on an initial investment lures the victim into much bigger risks.
- pornographer — a person who sells, produces, films, photographs, or writes pornography.
- port hueneme — a city in S California.