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12-letter words containing p, h, o, n, i, a

  • chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
  • championship — A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
  • change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
  • chilpancingo — a town in S Mexico, capital of Guerrero state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
  • chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
  • christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
  • chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
  • copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
  • craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
  • daphnephoria — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
  • diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
  • diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
  • dodecaphonic — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
  • dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
  • enantiomorph — Each of two crystalline or other geometric forms that are mirror images of each other.
  • enantiopathy — the treatment of disease by opposites; allopathy
  • enhypostasia — personalities existing in union (Jesus Christ and God the Son)
  • enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
  • entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.
  • eosinophilia — An increase in the number of eosinophils in the blood, occurring in response to some allergens, drugs, and parasites, and in some types of leukemia.
  • epanorthosis — (rhetoric) A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm.
  • epiphenomena — Plural form of epiphenomenon.
  • epithalamion — A song or poem celebrating a marriage.
  • epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
  • erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
  • ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
  • euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
  • foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
  • francophilia — Alternative capitalization of Francophilia.
  • francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
  • germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
  • gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
  • graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
  • haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
  • haliplankton — plankton living in sea water
  • hanging post — a post from which a door, gate, etc., is hung.
  • haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
  • have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
  • hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
  • hepatization — the transformation of tissue into a liver-like substance, esp of the lungs in pneumonia
  • hepatotoxins — Plural form of hepatotoxin.
  • hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
  • hierophanies — Plural form of hierophany.
  • hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
  • hippocentaur — Centaur.
  • hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
  • hire company — a company that hires things out to people
  • hispaniolize — to make someone Spanish in their cultural attitudes, values, speech, etc
  • hispanophile — an admirer of Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
  • hispanophobe — a person who dislikes Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
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