12-letter words containing p, r, o, h, i
- chromophobia — Lb biology The quality of being resistant to staining.
- chromophoric — any chemical group that produces color in a compound, as the azo group −N=N−.
- chronophobia — Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
- chronotropic — affecting the rate or timing of a physiologic process, as the heart rate.
- chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
- chymotryptic — relating to chymotrypsin
- co-ownership — the fact or state of being one of the joint owners of something
- conidiophore — a simple or branched hypha that bears spores (conidia) in such fungi as Penicillium
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- coppersmiths — Plural form of coppersmith.
- coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
- coprophiliac — of or relating to coprophilia
- coprophilous — growing in or on dung
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- copyrighting — Present participle of copyright.
- corrivalship — the position of a corrival
- cosmographic — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- costophrenic — Synonym of phrenicocostal.
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- criosphinxes — Plural form of criosphinx.
- criptography — (spelling) It's spelled "cryptography".
- cryptorchids — Plural form of cryptorchid.
- cryptorchism — failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
- daphnephoria — an ancient Greek festival in honor of Apollo.
- 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.
- dermographia — dermatographia.
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- 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.
- diphosphorus — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
- diphtheroids — resembling diphtheria, especially in the formation of a false membrane in the throat.
- directorship — a person or thing that directs.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- drop shipper — a wholesaler or distributor who conducts business in drop shipments.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- electrophile — (chemistry) a compound or functional group that is attractive to, and accepts electrons, especially accepting an electron pair from a nucleophile to form a bond.
- electrophori — Plural form of electrophorus.
- ellipsograph — an instrument that draws ellipses
- enantiomorph — Each of two crystalline or other geometric forms that are mirror images of each other.
- endomorphism — changes in a cooling body of igneous rock brought about by assimilation of fragments of, or chemical reaction with, the surrounding country rock
- 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.
- epimorphosis — a type of development in animals, such as certain insect larvae, in which segmentation of the body is complete before hatching
- erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.