12-letter words containing s, h, e, c
- postischemic — occurring after or due to ischaemia
- powder chest — a small wooden box containing a charge of powder, old nails, scrap iron, etc., formerly secured over the side of a ship and exploded on the attempt of an enemy to board.
- 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
- prenticeship — an apprenticeship
- prepsychotic — exhibiting behavior that indicates the approach of a psychotic reaction.
- prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
- process shot — a shot in which action takes place in front of a screen on which an image already filmed is projected
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- pseudoscheme — A translator from Scheme to Common Lisp by Jonathan Rees <[email protected]>. Version 2.8. It conforms to all of R3RS except call/cc and requires Common Lisp. Runs on Lucid, Symbolics CL, VAX Lisp, Explorer CL. Mailing list: [email protected]
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- psychobabble — writing or talk using jargon from psychiatry or psychotherapy without particular accuracy or relevance.
- psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
- psychrometer — an instrument for determining atmospheric humidity by the reading of two thermometers, the bulb of one being kept moist and ventilated.
- psychrometry — the employment of the psychrometer.
- public house — British. a tavern.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- pyrotechnics — the art of making fireworks.
- pyrotechnist — a person skilled in pyrotechnics, especially in the manufacture or use of fireworks.
- quackishness — The state or condition of being quackish.
- quelquechose — kickshaw.
- quenchlessly — without quenching
- 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.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- receivership — the condition of being in the hands of a receiver.
- rechristened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- refuse chute — a chute in a building which rubbish and waste is thrown down to the main refuse bins, etc
- reichsfuhrer — the title of the chief of the Schutzstaffel.
- reichsthaler — a silver thaler of Germany, originally issued in 1566; rix-dollar.
- reproachless — irreproachable.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- researchable — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
- rhyme scheme — the pattern of rhymes used in a poem, usually marked by letters to symbolize correspondences, as rhyme royal, ababbcc.
- 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.
- rock-shelter — a shallow cave or cavelike area, as one formed by an overhanging cliff or standing rocks, occupied by Stone Age peoples, possibly for extended periods.
- rosh chodesh — the beginning of a new month in the Jewish calendar, celebrated in a specified manner during the morning service in the synagogue.
- saccharinely — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- sacher torte — a chocolate cake covered with apricot jam and chocolate icing, usually served with whipped cream.
- sacred heart — the physical heart of Jesus, to which special devotion is offered as a symbol of His love and redemptive sacrifice.
- safety catch — a device used in mechanisms, as for elevators, to prevent falling in the event of mechanical failure.
- safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
- safety match — a match designed to ignite only when rubbed on a specially prepared surface.