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

  • dolphin kick — (in the butterfly stroke) a kick in which the legs move up and down together, with the knees bent on the upswing.
  • enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
  • eosinophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained by eosin.
  • 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.
  • ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
  • ethnopoetics — A poetical, linguistic and anthropological movement dealing with poetry written by, or in the style of, indigenous peoples.
  • euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
  • francophilia — Alternative capitalization of Francophilia.
  • francophobia — the phenomenon of hating French speakers, culture, or people
  • graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
  • heterophonic — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
  • hickory pine — bristlecone pine.
  • hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
  • high concept — a simple and often striking idea or premise, as of a story or film, that lends itself to easy promotion and marketing.
  • hippocentaur — Centaur.
  • hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
  • hire company — a company that hires things out to people
  • holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
  • hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
  • hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
  • hypnotically — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
  • hypochondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
  • hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
  • hypotonicity — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
  • ichnospecies — (paleontology) Any species known only from trace fossils, such as footprints, coprolites or nests.
  • iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
  • iconophilism — a taste for pictures and symbols
  • iconophilist — a person with a taste for pictures and symbols
  • infographics — Plural form of infographic.
  • kitchen soap — heavy-duty soap intended for use in the kitchen
  • lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
  • marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
  • microphonics — (electronics) The phenomenon where certain components in electronic devices transform mechanical vibrations into an unwanted electrical signal.
  • microphoning — Present participle of microphone.
  • microphonism — a usually undesirable property of some electronic circuits or components in which mechanical vibrations of a component affect the signal being transmitted through the circuit.
  • misanthropic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a misanthrope.
  • monocephalic — bearing one flower head, as the dandelion.
  • monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
  • monophysitic — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
  • monostrophic — consisting of stanzas or strophes all having the same metrical structure.
  • naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
  • necrophiliac — an erotic attraction to corpses.
  • necrophilism — necrophilia.
  • necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
  • neoanthropic — neanthropic.
  • nephropathic — characterized by or relating to nephropathy
  • neurotrophic — of or relating to the effect of nerves on the nutritive processes.
  • neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
  • neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
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