12-letter words containing p, a, r, h
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- rhabdosphere — a minute sphere made up of rhabdoliths
- rhamphotheca — the horny covering of a bird's bill.
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- rhopaloceral — of or relating to creatures from the Rhopalocera division of animals, which includes all butterflies, distinguished from moths on account of their club-shaped antennae
- rhyncophoran — any of various beetles, including the weevils, having the head extended to form a snout
- rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
- rohnert park — a city in W California.
- router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
- saprophagous — (of an organism) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter.
- saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
- sarcophagous — carnivorous.
- sarrusophone — a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
- scattergraph — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
- schizocarpic — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scratch tape — a magnetic tape that is used for temporary storage, which may be erased and re-used
- scratchpad i — (language) A general-purpose language originally for interactive symbolic mathematics by Richard Jenks, Barry Trager, Stephen M. Watt and Robert S. Sutor of IBM Research, ca 1971. It features abstract parametrised data types, multiple inheritance and polymorphism. There were implementations for VM/CMS and AIX.
- scratchplate — a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches
- scratchproof — resistant to scratches.
- scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
- search party — a group of persons conducting an organized search for someone or something lost or hidden.
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- sepher torah — a scroll of the Torah, typically of parchment, from which the designated Parashah is chanted or read on the prescribed days.
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- shadow price — the calculated price of a good or service for which no market price exists
- shadowgraphy — the production of a shadowgraph
- shahjahanpur — a city in central Uttar Pradesh, in N India.
- shamrock-pea — a trailing plant, Parochetus communis, of the legume family, native to Asia and east Africa, having shamrocklike leaves with a brown crescent at the base and pea-shaped, pink and blue flowers.
- share option — A share option is an opportunity for the employees of a company to buy shares at a special price.
- sharecropper — a tenant farmer who pays as rent a share of the crop.
- shark patrol — a watch for sharks kept by an aircraft flying over beaches used by swimmers
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- sharp-freeze — quick-freeze.
- sharp-witted — having or showing mental acuity; intellectually discerning; acute.
- sharpshooter — a person skilled in shooting, especially with a rifle.
- shatterproof — designed or made to resist shattering: shatterproof glass in automobile windows.
- sheep farmer — sb who raises sheep
- sheep laurel — a small E North American plant (Kalmia angustifolia) of the heath family, with pinkish flowers and evergreen leaves poisonous to sheep and other animals
- shoe repairs — repairs to shoes
- shop steward — commerce: union rep
- shopbreaking — the act of breaking into a shop
- shore patrol — (often initial capital letters) members of an organization in the U.S. Navy having police duties similar to those performed by military police. Abbreviation: SP.
- shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder