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12-letter words containing s, c, h, r, i, e

  • ochlocracies — Plural form of ochlocracy.
  • office hours — hours when a business is open
  • orchestrions — Plural form of orchestrion.
  • orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
  • oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
  • orichalceous — relating to or resembling orichalc
  • 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.
  • ostrich fern — a tall North American fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris, with large mature leaves that resemble ostrich plumes, a popular landscaping plant whose curled new leaves, called fiddleheads, are eaten as a vegetable.
  • paraesthetic — paresthesia.
  • parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
  • parochialise — to make parochial.
  • perichoresis — the relationship between or interlinking of the three Persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit)
  • periphrastic — circumlocutory; roundabout.
  • peristrephic — that turns around or revolves
  • peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
  • persulphuric — denoting a type of acid
  • petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
  • petrophysics — the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks
  • phenocrystic — relating to a phenocryst
  • 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.
  • picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
  • picture show — motion picture.
  • poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
  • 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
  • prenticeship — an apprenticeship
  • prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
  • preschooling — the education of preschool children.
  • propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
  • psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
  • pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
  • pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
  • rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
  • radiesthetic — of or relating to radiesthesia
  • raised beach — a wave-cut platform raised above the shoreline by a relative fall in the water level
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • receivership — the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
  • rechristened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
  • reichsfuhrer — the title of the chief of the Schutzstaffel.
  • reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
  • rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
  • ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
  • saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
  • scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • schererville — a town in NW Indiana.
  • schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
  • schizophrene — a person with schizophrenia or one who tends toward schizophrenia
  • schneidermanRose, 1884–1972, U.S. labor leader, born in Poland.
  • schoenheimer — Rudolf [roo-dolf;; German roo-dawlf] /ˈru dɒlf;; German ˈru dɔlf/ (Show IPA), 1898–1941, U.S. biochemist, born in Germany.
  • schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
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