12-letter words containing s, a, h, i
- phantasmical — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
- phenarsazine — a type of toxin that originates from arsenic
- philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
- phonasthenia — difficult or abnormal voice production; vocal weakness.
- phonotactics — the patterns in which the phonemes of a language may combine to form sequences.
- phosphamidon — a systemic and contact insecticide, C 1 0 H 1 9 ClNO 5 P, used against beetles, aphids, mites, and other crop pests.
- phosphatidic — of or relating to a phosphatide
- phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
- phosphaturia — the presence of an excessive quantity of phosphates in the urine.
- photoelastic — displaying photoelasticity; of or relating to photoelasticity
- 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.
- phrasemaking — the making up or coining of memorable phrases or slogans
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- physiography — the science of physical geography.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- plainclothes — Plainclothes police officers wear ordinary clothes instead of a police uniform.
- pleased with — satisfied or content with
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- polar lights — the aurora borealis in the Northern Hemisphere or the aurora australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
- polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
- pollyannaish — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- posthospital — following treatment in a hospital
- praiseworthy — deserving of praise; laudable: a praiseworthy motive.
- prankishness — the quality or condition of being prankish
- preachership — the office of a preacher
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- preestablish — to establish beforehand.
- prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
- prehistorian — an authority on or specialist in prehistory
- psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
- psychiatrist — a physician who practices psychiatry.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- psychomachia — conflict of the soul
- psychopathic — of, relating to, or affected with psychopathy.
- psychosocial — of or relating to the interaction between social and psychological factors.
- qinling shan — mountain range in NC China, extending across Gansu, Shaanxi, & Henan provinces: highest peak, c. 13,500 ft (4,115 m)
- quackishness — The state or condition of being quackish.
- qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- rabbitfishes — Plural form of rabbitfish.
- rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
- rachischisis — A developmental birth defect in which the neural tube fails to close completely, leading to motor and sensory deficits, chronic infections, and disturbances in bladder function.
- radiesthesia — the ability to sense energy forces or radiation, esp from the human body
- radiesthetic — of or relating to radiesthesia
- radiophonist — a person who produces radiophonic music
- rainbow fish — guppy.