12-letter words containing p, o, i, s, h, a
- attorneyship — The office or profession of an attorney.
- australopith — (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
- autohypnosis — the process or result of self-induced hypnosis
- automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
- bachelorship — the state of being a bachelor; bachelorhood
- barophoresis — the diffusion of suspended particles at a rate dependent on external forces
- bathophilous — (of an organism) living in very deep water
- bishop's-cap — any of a genus (Mitella) of small woodland plants of the saxifrage family, with two-lobed seedcases shaped like a bishop's hat
- boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
- cacophonious — cacophonous
- cardiographs — Plural form of cardiograph.
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- catastrophic — Something that is catastrophic involves or causes a sudden terrible disaster.
- catch points — railway points designed to derail a train running back in the wrong direction to prevent collision with a following train
- chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
- championship — A championship is a competition to find the best player or team in a particular sport.
- charity shop — A charity shop is a shop that sells used goods cheaply and gives its profits to a charity.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
- chromatopsia — an irregularity in the ability to see colours properly
- coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
- corrivalship — the position of a corrival
- cosmographic — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- day hospital — part of a hospital that offers therapeutic services, where patients usually attend all day but go home or to a hospital ward at night
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- diastrophism — the process of movement and deformation of the earth's crust that gives rise to large-scale features such as continents, ocean basins, and mountains
- dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
- diphosphates — a pyrophosphate.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- dispatch box — a case or box used to hold valuables or documents, esp official state documents
- ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
- enhypostasia — personalities existing in union (Jesus Christ and God the Son)
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- 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.
- epitheliomas — Plural form of epithelioma.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- feldspathoid — Also, feldspathoidal. of or relating to a group of minerals similar in chemical composition to certain feldspars except for a lower silica content.
- foreman-ship — a person in charge of a particular department, group of workers, etc., as in a factory or the like.
- glossophobia — The fear of public speaking.
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- hagia sophia — flourished 6th century a.d, Byzantine engineer. He was one of the architects of Hagia Sophia; (originally an Orthodox cathedral and currently a museum in Istanbul, Turkey).
- hanging post — a post from which a door, gate, etc., is hung.
- haptoglobins — Plural form of haptoglobin.
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.