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12-letter words containing p, h, l, s

  • persulphuric — denoting a type of acid
  • phalaenopsis — any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis, native to tropical Asia, having clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.
  • phantasmical — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
  • philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
  • philistinism — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
  • phillipsburg — a city in NW New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
  • phillumenist — a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
  • philomelides — a king of Lesbos who wrestled and killed every opponent until he himself was defeated by Odysseus.
  • philosophies — the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
  • philosophise — to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner.
  • philosophism — spurious or deceitful philosophy.
  • philosophist — a person who affects philosophical knowledge
  • philosophize — to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner.
  • phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
  • phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
  • phospholipid — any of a group of fatty compounds, as lecithin, composed of phosphoric esters, and occurring in living cells.
  • photoanalyst — a person who analyzes and interprets photographs, especially a military specialist in aerial or satellite photography.
  • photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
  • photophilous — of or relating to an organism, as a plant, that is receptive to, seeks, or thrives in light.
  • photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
  • phragmoplast — the cytoplasmic structure that forms at the equator of the spindle after the chromosomes have divided during the anaphase of plant mitosis, and that initiates cell division.
  • phrasal verb — a combination of verb and one or more adverbial or prepositional particles, as catch on, take off, bring up, or put up with, functioning as a single semantic unit and often having an idiomatic meaning that could not be predicted from the meanings of the individual parts.
  • phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
  • phycologists — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
  • 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.
  • phylogenesis — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • physiologies — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
  • physiologist — a specialist in physiology.
  • pitch chisel — a broad-edged chisel for cutting plane surfaces on stones.
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • plasma torch — an electrical device for converting a gas into a plasma, used for melting metal
  • plasmasphere — a region of cool plasma surrounding the earth, extending 8000–25,000 miles (13,000–40,000 km) into space, and bounded by the plasmapause.
  • plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
  • play clothes — clothes that are suitable for playing in
  • pleased with — satisfied or content with
  • pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
  • pleomorphism — existence of an organism in two or more distinct forms during the life cycle; polymorphism.
  • pleomorphous — characterized by pleomorphism
  • plough horse — a horse used for pulling a plough
  • polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
  • polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
  • pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
  • pollyannaish — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
  • polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
  • 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.
  • polymorphous — having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like.
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