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