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12-letter words containing p, h, o, n, l

  • phonetic law — a statement of some regular pattern of sound change in a specific language, as Grimm's law or Verner's law.
  • phonetically — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
  • phonological — relating to study of speech sounds
  • photoanalyst — a person who analyzes and interprets photographs, especially a military specialist in aerial or satellite photography.
  • photogelatin — pertaining to any photographic process in which gelatin is used to receive or transfer a print.
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • 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.
  • phrenologize — to treat with phrenology or phrenological methods
  • phylogenesis — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • phylogenetic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • pinch roller — a flexible device that presses magnetic tape against the capstan in a tape recorder.
  • plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
  • planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
  • plinth block — a plinth interrupting a door or window architrave at the floor or ground level.
  • poland china — one of an American breed of black hogs having white markings.
  • 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.
  • polyethylene — a plastic polymer of ethylene used chiefly for containers, electrical insulation, and packaging.
  • polyphenolic — relating to a polyphenol
  • polyphyodont — having many successive sets of teeth, as fishes and other lower vertebrates
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • prothalamion — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
  • purple heron — an Old World heron, Ardea purpurea, having maroon, buff, and black plumage.
  • push polling — the use of loaded questions in a supposedly objective telephone opinion poll during a political campaign in order to bias voters against an opposing candidate
  • put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • school prawn — a common olive-green prawn, Metapenaeus macleayi
  • selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
  • silicon chip — A silicon chip is a very small piece of silicon inside a computer. It has electronic circuits on it and can hold large quantities of information or perform mathematical or logical operations.
  • siphonostele — a hollow tube of vascular tissue enclosing a pith and embedded in ground tissue.
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • splotchiness — the state or condition of being splotchy
  • sponge cloth — any cloth loosely woven of coarse yarn to produce a spongy look or texture, especially one constructed in honeycomb weave.
  • spotlighting — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
  • sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • sulphonation — the action or process of converting or being converted into a sulphonate
  • talking shop — If you say that a conference or a committee is just a talking shop, you disapprove of it because nothing is achieved as a result of what is discussed.
  • technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • telegraphone — an early magnetic sound-recording device for use with wire, tape, or disks.
  • teleshopping — electronic shopping via videotex or other interactive information service.
  • the pliocene — the Pliocene epoch or rock series
  • theophylline — a white, crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theobromine, extracted from tea leaves or produced synthetically: used to relieve bronchial spasms, in the treatment of certain heart conditions, and as a diuretic.
  • trichinopoly — a city in central Tamil Nadu, in S India, on the Kaveri River.
  • unhospitable — not hospitable
  • unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
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