12-letter words containing o, p, h, i
- anisomorphic — differing in the semantic scope of terms referring to the real world: for instance, English and Russian are anisomorphic with regard to colour terms, English treating light blue and navy blue as shades of one colour but Russian treating these two shades as unrelated
- anthophilous — (esp of insects) frequenting flowers
- anthrophonic — Relating to anthrophony.
- anthropodicy — An attempt, or argument attempting, to justify the existence of humanity as good (contrast theodicy).
- anthropoidal — Anthropoid.
- anti-strophe — the part of an ancient Greek choral ode answering a previous strophe, sung by the chorus when returning from left to right.
- antiphonally — In an antiphonal manner; in the manner of an antiphon.
- antiphonical — Alternative form of antiphonic.
- antipoaching — acting against or opposed to poaching
- antique shop — a shop where antiques are sold
- antistrophes — Plural form of antistrophe.
- antistrophic — Of or pertaining to an antistrophe.
- antistrophon — an argument that is retorted against an opponent
- aortographic — relating to an aortography or aortography
- apalachicola — river in NW Fla., flowing from the Fla.-Ga. border southward into the Gulf of Mexico: 90 mi (145 km)
- apeirophobia — The fear of infinity and/or of infinite things.
- aphoristical — Alternative form of aphoristic.
- aphrodisiacs — Plural form of aphrodisiac.
- apochromatic — (of a lens) almost free from spherical and chromatic aberration
- apostrophise — to address by apostrophe.
- apostrophize — to address an apostrophe to
- apothecaries — Plural form of apothecary.
- apothegmatic — Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
- apotheosized — Simple past tense and past participle of apotheosize.
- apple-polish — to curry favor with someone, especially in an obsequious or flattering manner.
- apprehension — Apprehension is a feeling of fear that something bad may happen.
- archesporial — the primitive cell, or group of cells, that give rise to the cells from which spores are derived.
- archesporium — archespore.
- archipelagos — Plural form of archipelago.
- archiphoneme — an abstract linguistic unit representing two or more phonemes when the distinction between these has been neutralized: conventionally shown by a capital letter within slashes, as /T/ for /t/ and /d/ in German Rat and Rad
- arctophilist — a collector of teddy bears
- aristophanes — ?448–?380 bc, Greek comic dramatist, who satirized leading contemporary figures such as Socrates and Euripides. Eleven of his plays are extant, including The Clouds, The Frogs, The Birds, and Lysistrata
- aristophanic — 448?–385? b.c, Athenian comic dramatist.
- arteriopathy — Any disease of the arteries.
- arthropathic — disease of the joints.
- arthroscopic — the use of an arthroscope to diagnose an injury to or disease of a joint or to perform minor surgery on a joint.
- asphyxiation — Asphyxiation is a lack of oxygen in blood, which causes suffocation.
- assessorship — the occupation, post or duties of a person who assesses, advises, or estimates
- astrophysics — Astrophysics is the study of the physical and chemical structure of the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space.
- atmospherics — Atmospherics are elements in something such as a piece of music or a book which create a certain atmosphere.
- atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
- attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
- atychiphobia — (rare) The fear of failure.
- australopith — (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
- autographing — Present participle of autograph.
- autohypnosis — the process or result of self-induced hypnosis
- autohypnotic — Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
- automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
- azathioprine — a synthetic drug that suppresses the normal immune responses of the body and is administered orally during and after organ transplantation and also in certain types of autoimmune disease. Formula: C9H7N7O2S
- bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood