12-letter words containing p, e, n, c, o
- hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- holocephalan — (zoology) Any cartilaginous fish of the subclass Holocephali; the chimeras.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- honeycreeper — any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- ichnospecies — (paleontology) Any species known only from trace fossils, such as footprints, coprolites or nests.
- imperception — lack of perception.
- imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- improvidence — not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
- in one piece — If someone or something is still in one piece after a dangerous journey or experience, they are safe and not damaged or hurt.
- incapable of — not allowing or admitting; not able to accept or experience
- income group — a group in a given population having incomes within a certain range
- incomparable — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- incompetence — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
- incompetency — the quality or condition of being incompetent; lack of ability.
- incompetents — Plural form of incompetent.
- incompletely — not complete; lacking some part.
- incompletion — the state of being incomplete; incompleteness.
- incompliance — not compliant; unyielding.
- incomputable — incapable of being computed; incalculable.
- incorporable — able to be incorporated.
- incorporated — legally incorporated, as a company.
- incorporates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of incorporate.
- incorporeity — the quality of being incorporeal; disembodied existence or entity; incorporeality.
- incorruptive — incorruptible; not tending to be corrupted
- inoperculate — having no operculum.
- inspectional — Of or pertaining to an inspection.
- inspectorate — the office or function of an inspector.
- inspectorial — Of or pertaining to an inspector or to inspection.
- interception — an act or instance of intercepting.
- interceptors — Plural form of interceptor.
- intercompany — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- intercompare — (of members of a group) to compare each member against all other members
- intercropped — Simple past tense and past participle of intercrop.
- interoceptor — a receptor, especially of the viscera, responding to stimuli originating from within the body.
- introspected — Simple past tense and past participle of introspect.
- introspector — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- isoteniscope — an instrument used to measure vapour pressure
- japan clover — a drought-resistant bush clover, Lespedeza striata, of the legume family, introduced to the southern Atlantic states from Asia, having numerous tiny trifoliate leaves valued for pasturage and hay.
- keep company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
- kleptomaniac — a person who has kleptomania.
- lactoprotein — any protein existing in milk.
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.