12-letter words containing p, a, l, e, h
- brachycephal — a person with a brachycephalic head
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- calligraphed — Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph.
- calligrapher — A calligrapher is a person skilled in the art of calligraphy.
- cape agulhas — a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent
- capraldehyde — (chemistry) decanal.
- cashew apple — the soft, swollen, pear-shaped stalk of the cashew tree, to which a cashew nut is attached: used in preserves and wine.
- cebocephalic — Exhibiting or relating to cebocephaly.
- cephalically — in relation to the head or near the head
- cephalometer — an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry
- cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
- cephalopodic — relating to or resembling a cephalopod
- chalcopyrite — a widely distributed yellow mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron in tetragonal crystalline form: the principal ore of copper. Formula: CuFeS2
- chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
- chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
- channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
- chaplinesque — characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin.
- charge plate — an identification plate, especially one from which an impression can be taken, issued to a customer and used to make purchases on a credit basis.
- charles epee — Charles Michel, Abbé de l', 1712–89, French priest and teacher of the deaf: pioneer in the development of sign language.
- chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chi particle — a meson with a mass 6687 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.5 X 10 -20 seconds.
- chlorapatite — (mineral) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.
- chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
- circle graph — pie chart.
- clamjamphrie — rubbish
- clapham sect — a group of early 19th-century Church of England evangelicals advocating personal piety, the abolition of slavery, etc
- clutch pedal — The clutch pedal is the pedal by which the driver of a vehicle operates the clutch.
- clutch plate — a plate in a vehicle's clutch that connects to the transmission
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- cymbocephaly — scaphocephaly.
- dall's sheep — a white-haired wild sheep, Ovis dalli, of mountainous regions of northwestern North America, having curved horns.
- death spiral — a period of continuous deterioration that leads ultimately to catastrophic failure or destruction
- decipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- dephlegmator — an apparatus used for dephlegmation
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- dip the flag — to salute by lowering a flag briefly
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- earth pillar — a pillar of earthy matter left by erosion of the surrounding ground.
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- elephant gun — hunting rifle
- elephantbird — Alternative form of elephant bird.
- elephantitis — (US) misconstruction of elephantiasis.
- ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
- empathically — In an empathic manner.
- emphatically — In a forceful way.