12-letter words containing p, h, a
- oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
- oligophrenia — less than normal mental development.
- omphalomancy — Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have.
- omphaloscopy — Introversion.
- on shipboard — on board a ship
- on the cheap — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- on the panel — receiving sickness benefit, esp from the government
- onion-shaped — bulb-shaped; shaped like an onion
- 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.
- open channel — An open channel is a type of flow in which one surface is free (= not restricted by anything).
- open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
- operatorship — (in the oil and gas industries) the right to operate a well, field, or other oil source.
- ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
- ophiophagous — eating snakes.
- ophthalmitis — ophthalmia.
- ophthamology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- opisthograph — a manuscript, parchment, or book having writing on both sides of the leaves.
- opthalmology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- optic chiasm — a site at the base of the forebrain where the inner half of the fibers of the left and right optic nerves cross to the opposite side of the brain.
- optical path — the path of light through a medium, having a magnitude equal to the geometric distance through the system times the index of refraction of the medium.
- organography — the description or visual depiction of organs.
- orographical — relating to the study of mountains
- oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
- orthographer — a person versed in orthography or spelling.
- orthographic — of or relating to orthography.
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
- orthopedical — (American spelling) Alternative form of orthopaedical.
- orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
- oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of shape — person: unfit
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pack a punch — be powerful
- packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paddle wheel — a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.
- paddle-wheel — a wheel for propelling a ship, having a number of paddles entering the water more or less perpendicularly.
- paedomorphic — showing signs of paedomorphism
- paedophiliac — an adult who is sexually attracted to young children.
- paimio chair — a chair developed by Alvar Aalto between 1930 and 1933, having two continuous, ribbonlike elements made of bent laminated birch veneers forming the arms and legs and supporting a sheet of bent plywood that forms the back and seat.
- pakeha māori — (in the 19th century) a European who adopted the Māori way of life
- paki-bashing — the activity of making vicious and unprovoked physical assaults upon Pakistani immigrants or people of Pakistani descent
- 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