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12-letter words containing s, h, e, l, p, i

  • peeblesshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
  • pennywhistle — a cheap toy whistle orig. sold for a penny
  • penthesileia — the daughter of Ares and queen of the Amazons, whom she led to the aid of Troy. She was slain by Achilles
  • persulphuric — denoting a type of acid
  • phalaenopsis — any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis, native to tropical Asia, having clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.
  • philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
  • phillumenist — a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
  • philomelides — a king of Lesbos who wrestled and killed every opponent until he himself was defeated by Odysseus.
  • philosophies — the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
  • philosophise — to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner.
  • philosophize — to speculate or theorize, usually in a superficial or imprecise manner.
  • phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
  • 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.
  • phrenologist — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
  • 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.
  • phylogenesis — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
  • physicalness — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
  • physiologies — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
  • pitch chisel — a broad-edged chisel for cutting plane surfaces on stones.
  • 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
  • pleomorphism — existence of an organism in two or more distinct forms during the life cycle; polymorphism.
  • polish wheat — a wheat, Triticum polonicum, grown chiefly in S Europe, N Africa, and Turkestan.
  • polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
  • polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
  • polytheistic — pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to polytheism, the doctrine that there is more than one god or many gods: Science thrived in the polytheistic culture of ancient Greece.
  • poster child — a child appearing on a poster for a charitable organization.
  • preestablish — to establish beforehand.
  • prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
  • prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
  • preschooling — the education of preschool children.
  • psephologist — A psephologist studies how people vote in elections.
  • psychologize — to make psychological investigations or speculations, especially those that are naive or uninformed.
  • public house — British. a tavern.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • replenishing — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • saint phalle — Niki de [nik-ee duh;; French nee-kee duh] /ˈnɪk i də;; French niˈki də/ (Show IPA), 1930–2002, French sculptor and painter.
  • salesmanship — the technique of selling a product: They used a promotional gimmick that was the last word in salesmanship.
  • schappe silk — a yarn or fabric of or similar to spun silk.
  • schiaparelli — Elsa [el-sah] /ˈɛl sɑ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1973, French fashion designer, born in Italy.
  • self-worship — reverent honor and homage paid to God or a sacred personage, or to any object regarded as sacred.
  • seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
  • shepherdling — a young or little shepherd
  • shoo-fly pie — an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked.
  • short splice — a splice used when an increased thickness of the united rope is not objectionable, made by unlaying the rope ends a certain distance, uniting them so that their strands overlap, then tucking each alternately over and under others several times.
  • siderophilic — having characteristics of siderophile
  • silver perch — Also called mademoiselle. Ichthyology. a drum, Bairdiella chrysoura, of southern U.S. waters.
  • single-phase — noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
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