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12-letter words containing p, e, r, c, h, l

  • neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
  • nonspherical — not spherical
  • oligophrenic — less than normal mental development.
  • orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
  • parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
  • parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
  • parochialise — to make parochial.
  • parochialize — to make parochial.
  • pasch flower — pasqueflower
  • perichaetial — denoting the leaves in mosses that surround the archegonia and, later, the base of the sporophyte
  • persulphuric — denoting a type of acid
  • petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
  • pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • 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.
  • pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
  • pinch roller — a flexible device that presses magnetic tape against the capstan in a tape recorder.
  • pitch circle — an imaginary circle within the profiles of the teeth of a gear, such that it rotates against a similar circle rotating at the same rate on a meshing gear.
  • place-holder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
  • policyholder — the individual or firm in whose name an insurance policy is written; an insured.
  • poll watcher — a representative of a political party or of an organization running a candidate who is assigned to the polls on an election day to watch for violations of the laws that regulate voting, campaigning, etc.
  • poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
  • pre-hellenic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the ancient Greeks or their language, culture, thought, etc., especially before the time of Alexander the Great. Compare Hellenistic (def 3).
  • preneolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the last phase of the Stone Age, marked by the domestication of animals, the development of agriculture, and the manufacture of pottery and textiles: commonly thought to have begun c9000–8000 b.c. in the Middle East. Compare Mesolithic, Paleolithic.
  • prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
  • preschooling — the education of preschool children.
  • press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
  • prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
  • procathedral — a church used temporarily as a cathedral.
  • pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
  • purple beech — copper beech.
  • purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
  • purple patch — If someone, especially a sports player or team, goes through a purple patch, they are very successful or lucky for a period.
  • pyrocatechol — catechol.
  • pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
  • reproachable — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
  • reproachless — irreproachable.
  • retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
  • 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
  • schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
  • sclerophylly — the normal development of much sclerenchyma in the leaves of certain plants, as some desert plants, resulting in thickened, hardened foliage that resists loss of moisture.
  • scratchplate — a plastic or metal plate attached to the front of a guitar to protect it from pick scratches
  • seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
  • short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
  • silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
  • spellchecker — a computer program for checking the spelling of words in an electronic document.
  • sphericality — the state of being a sphere
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
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