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12-letter words containing p, h, a, n, y

  • onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
  • onychophoran — any small, predatory, caterpillarlike animal of the phylum Onychophora, common in tropical forests, having stubby legs ending in pincers.
  • organography — the description or visual depiction of organs.
  • oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
  • para rhatany — See under rhatany (def 1).
  • parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
  • peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
  • pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
  • penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
  • penny shares — Penny shares are shares that are offered for sale at a low price.
  • pentahydrate — a hydrate that contains five molecules of water, as potassium molybdate, KMoO 4 ⋅5H 2 O.
  • pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
  • phanerophyte — a tree or shrub that bears its perennating buds more than 25 cm above the level of the soil
  • pharyngology — the science of the pharynx and its diseases.
  • pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
  • phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
  • phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.
  • phenylalanin — an essential amino-acid present in most proteins
  • philanthropy — altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.
  • phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
  • phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • photoanalyst — a person who analyzes and interprets photographs, especially a military specialist in aerial or satellite photography.
  • photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
  • phrygian cap — a soft, conical cap represented in ancient Greek art as part of Phrygian dress and associated, since the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the liberty cap.
  • phycoxanthin — a yellow pigment found in brown seaweeds and types of algae
  • physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • phytonadione — vitamin K1.
  • pidyon haben — the rite of relieving the first male child born to parents not descended from Aaron or Levi of certain religious obligations by redeeming him from a member of the priestly class, celebrated 30 days after the child's birth.
  • play chicken — to engage in a test of courage in which, typically, two vehicles are driven directly toward one another in order to see which driver will swerve away first
  • pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
  • pollyannaish — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
  • polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
  • pro-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
  • prothonotary — a chief clerk or official in certain courts of law.
  • pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
  • rhyncophoran — any of various beetles, including the weevils, having the head extended to form a snout
  • scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
  • selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • shank's pony — one's own legs, especially as a means of moving from one place to another: The only way we can get there is by shanks' mare.
  • sindonophany — the periodic exhibiting to the public of the shroud that the body of Christ is thought to have been wrapped in
  • sphenography — the art of writing in cuneiform characters.
  • sunday punch — Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
  • supply chain — process of manufacture and sale
  • sycophantish — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sycophantize — to act the sycophant
  • sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
  • synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
  • technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
  • triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
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