12-letter words containing s, h, c, a, r
- 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
- orthoclastic — (of a crystal) having cleavages at right angles to each other.
- 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.
- oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- parachronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one.
- paraesthetic — paresthesia.
- paraphrastic — having the nature of a paraphrase.
- parapsychism — the experience of mental phenomena that are beyond the scope of normal physical explanation
- parcel shelf — flat storage panel in a vehicle
- parish clerk — an official designated to carry out various duties, either for a church parish or a parish council
- parochialise — to make parochial.
- parochialism — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- parochialist — a parochial character, spirit, or tendency; excessive narrowness of interests or view; provincialism.
- pasch flower — pasqueflower
- periphrastic — circumlocutory; roundabout.
- 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.
- 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.
- plasma torch — an electrical device for converting a gas into a plasma, used for melting metal
- postbrachial — belonging to the arm, foreleg, wing, pectoral fin, or other forelimb of a vertebrate.
- pre-purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- 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
- press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
- psychiatrist — a physician who practices psychiatry.
- psychography — the supposed writing of a spirit or medium
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- 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.
- 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.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
- reproachless — irreproachable.
- researchable — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- 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.
- saccharinity — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- saccharoidal — having a crystalline or granular texture: said esp. of some sandstones and marbles
- sacher torte — a chocolate cake covered with apricot jam and chocolate icing, usually served with whipped cream.