12-letter words containing p, h, o, n
- open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- open-hearted — unreserved, candid, or frank: open-hearted advice.
- open-mouthed — having the mouth open.
- opisthotonic — of or relating to opisthotonos
- opisthotonos — Spasm of the muscles causing backward arching of the head, neck, and spine, as in severe tetanus, some kinds of meningitis, and strychnine poisoning.
- organography — the description or visual depiction of organs.
- ornithomorph — the artistic representation of a bird
- ornithophily — pollination of flowers by birds
- ornithopters — Plural form of ornithopter.
- ornithoscopy — divination from the observation of birds
- oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
- orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
- outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pancho-villa — Francisco [frahn-sees-kaw] /frɑnˈsis kɔ/ (Show IPA), (Doroteo Arango"Pancho Villa") 1877–1923, Mexican general and revolutionist.
- panchromatic — sensitive to all visible colors, as a photographic film.
- panning shot — pan3 (def 6).
- panpharmacon — a remedy or panacea
- pantechnicon — a furniture van; moving van.
- pantophagist — an omnivore
- pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
- pantothenate — a widely occurring derivative of pantothenic acid
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- paramorphine — thebaine.
- paranthelion — a bright spot in the sky caused by refraction and occurring at an angular distance from the sun of between 90° and 140°
- paranthropus — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- parathormone — a hormone secreted by the parathyroids, important in the control of the calcium-phosphorus balance of the body
- parting shot — a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
- passing shot — a shot played to one side of and beyond the reach of an opponent coming to or stationed at the net.
- pathogeneses — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenesis — the production and development of disease.
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- pelican hook — a hooklike device for holding the link of a chain or the like, consisting of a long shackle with a hinged rod held closed with a sliding ring.
- pelton wheel — a high-pressure impulse water turbine in which one or more free jets of water are directed against the buckets of the rotor.
- penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- pericynthion — the point at which a spacecraft launched from earth into a lunar orbit is nearest the moon
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- phaeomelanin — a variety of melanin that gives rise to a red-coloured pigment
- phalaenopsis — any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis, native to tropical Asia, having clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phanerophyte — a tree or shrub that bears its perennating buds more than 25 cm above the level of the soil
- phantom limb — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
- pharyngology — the science of the pharynx and its diseases.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx