12-letter words containing r, a, s, h, e
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- news theatre — a cinema that specialized in showing news films
- newsgatherer — A person involved in newsgathering.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonspherical — not spherical
- north-easter — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northeast.
- northeastern — Of, related to, located in, or from the northeast.
- ochlocracies — Plural form of ochlocracy.
- on the cards — likely
- open slather — to spread or apply thickly: to slather butter on toast.
- operatorship — (in the oil and gas industries) the right to operate a well, field, or other oil source.
- orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
- orchestrated — Simple past tense and past participle of orchestrate.
- orchestrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of orchestrate.
- orchestrator — One who orchestrates.
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- orichalceous — relating to or resembling orichalc
- oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
- orthopaedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopaedist — Alternative spelling of orthopedist.
- orthopterans — Plural form of orthopteran.
- overemphasis — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- overrashness — the act of being overrash
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paper-pusher — a person who has a routine desk job.
- paraesthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paraesthetic — paresthesia.
- parasphenoid — a bone next to the sphenoid bone in the skull of some animals
- parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
- parenthesize — to insert (a word, phrase, etc.) as a parenthesis.
- parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
- parish house — a building used by a church chiefly for administrative and social purposes.
- parlor house — (especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries) a brothel with a comfortable, often elaborately decorated parlor for the reception of clients.
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- penny shares — Penny shares are shares that are offered for sale at a low price.
- peppershaker — a container with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper.
- periphrastic — circumlocutory; roundabout.
- petite sirah — a dry red wine produced mainly in California
- phased array — a radar antenna consisting of an array of dipoles that are excited in or out of phase with each other to control beam direction and radiation pattern without moving the antenna. Compare dipole (def 3).
- phenarsazine — a type of toxin that originates from arsenic
- photo spread — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phrasal verb — a combination of verb and one or more adverbial or prepositional particles, as catch on, take off, bring up, or put up with, functioning as a single semantic unit and often having an idiomatic meaning that could not be predicted from the meanings of the individual parts.
- phrase-maker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- phrasemonger — phrasemaker (def 2).
- phraseograph — a phrase for which there is a phraseogram.