12-letter words containing p, h, a, g, e
- higher apsis — See under apsis.
- hopper barge — a barge for disposing of garbage, dredged material, etc., having hoppers in the bottom through which such cargo can be dumped.
- hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
- hydrographer — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hypergraphia — (psychiatry) A behavioural condition characterised by an intense desire to write, associated with changes in the temporal lobes due to epilepsy or chemical changes.
- hypergravity — The presence of an apparently 'increased' gravitational field in an accelerating or rotating situation.
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- jumping hare — springhare.
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- linear graph — graph (def 2b).
- linear-graph — a diagram representing a system of connections or interrelations among two or more things by a number of distinctive dots, lines, bars, etc.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
- lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
- magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- memphremagog — Lake, a lake on the boundary between the U.S. and Canada, between N Vermont and S Quebec. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- metallograph — a microscope for observing the microstructure of metals.
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- meteorograph — an instrument for automatically recording various meteorological conditions, as barometric pressure and temperature, at the same time.
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.
- mishappening — Present participle of mishappen.
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- necrographer — a person who writes obituaries
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- nonhappening — an event that fails to occur
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- oesophagitis — Alternative spelling of esophagitis.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- orthographer — a person versed in orthography or spelling.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- palaeography — the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources