12-letter words containing p, a, c, h, l, i
- 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.
- 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.
- phonological — relating to study of speech sounds
- photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
- photovoltaic — of or relating to the photovoltaic effect.
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- 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.
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- pitch a tale — to tell a story, usually of a fantastic nature
- 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.
- 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
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- poland china — one of an American breed of black hogs having white markings.
- polyarchical — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- pro-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- psychosocial — of or relating to the interaction between social and psychological factors.
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
- schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
- scopophiliac — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- scoptophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
- scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
- space flight — journey into outer space
- spasmophilic — of or noting spasmophilia.
- sphacelation — the process of mortification
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
- supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- terephthalic — relating to, designating, or derived from terephthalic acid or its derivatives
- tricephalous — with three heads
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- wild spinach — any of various plants of the genus Chenopodium, sometimes used in place of spinach.