12-letter words containing n, i, c, h, o
- ozonic ether — a solution of hydrogen peroxide in ethyl ether.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pancho-villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- 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).
- phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
- phi-function — Euler's phi-function.
- 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)
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- phonesthemic — (of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.
- 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.
- phonocamptic — possessing the property of reflecting sound or producing an echo
- phonographic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a phonograph.
- phonological — relating to study of speech sounds
- phonotactics — the patterns in which the phonemes of a language may combine to form sequences.
- photoactinic — emitting radiation having the chemical effects of light and ultraviolet rays, as on a photographic film.
- photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
- phycoxanthin — a yellow pigment found in brown seaweeds and types of algae
- phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pigeon-chest — chicken breast.
- pinch roller — a flexible device that presses magnetic tape against the capstan in a tape recorder.
- pinchcommons — a person who is frugal with food
- pinturicchio — real name Bernardino di Betto. ?1454–1513, Italian painter of the Umbrian school
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
- 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.
- poland china — one of an American breed of black hogs having white markings.
- polyphenolic — relating to a polyphenol
- 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.
- pornographic — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
- posing pouch — a thong that emphasizes the genitals
- posthypnotic — of or relating to the period after hypnosis.
- potichomania — the art or process of printing or using paint to decorate the inside of a glass vessel
- preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- prochain ami — a next friend or next of kin