12-letter words containing p, h, i, l, o, r
- plagiohedral — (of a crystal) having faces arranged obliquely in a helix.
- planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- pleomorphism — existence of an organism in two or more distinct forms during the life cycle; polymorphism.
- ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
- poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
- polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
- policyholder — the individual or firm in whose name an insurance policy is written; an insured.
- polyarchical — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
- polyhistoric — relating to a polyhistor
- polymorphism — the state or condition of being polymorphous.
- polyrhythmic — the simultaneous occurrence of sharply contrasting rhythms within a composition.
- polytriglyph — (in classical architecture) an intercolumniation of at least four triglyphs.
- porthole die — a die having several openings for the extrusion of separate parts of an object later formed by the welding or fusing together of these parts.
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
- prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
- 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.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- pro-catholic — of or relating to a Catholic church, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- pyritohedral — of or relating to a pyritohedron
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- pyrophyllite — Mineralogy. a phyllosilicate, AlSi 2 O 5 (OH), usually having a white or greenish color, and occurring in either foliated or compact masses, the latter variety being used like soapstone.
- relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
- retrophiliac — someone who has a strong liking for things from the past
- rhizophilous — (esp of insects) preferring to live or grow near or on roots
- scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
- self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
- 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
- slip through — be undetected
- sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
- spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
- stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
- strophiolate — having a strophiole
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- thermophilic — growing best in a warm environment.
- throw pillow — a small pillow placed on a chair, couch, etc., primarily for decoration.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- trichinopoly — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
- trophallaxis — (among social insects) the exchange of nutriments or other secretions between members of a colony.
- trophy child — anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., especially when preserved as a memento; spoil, prize, or award.
- tropophilous — adapted to a climate characterized by marked environmental changes.
- unworshipful — not worshipful; not showing reverence or admiration
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.