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

  • panhellenism — the idea or advocacy of a union of all Greeks in one political body.
  • 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.
  • penthesileia — the daughter of Ares and queen of the Amazons, whom she led to the aid of Troy. She was slain by Achilles
  • phalaenopsis — any of various epiphytic orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis, native to tropical Asia, having clusters of showy, variously colored flowers.
  • phantasmical — pertaining to or of the nature of a phantasm; unreal; illusory; spectral: phantasmal creatures of nightmare.
  • philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
  • phosphatidyl — an atom or group of atoms containing one or more unpaired electrons derived from a phosphatide
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • preestablish — to establish beforehand.
  • prehensorial — relating to a part that grasps
  • psychosocial — of or relating to the interaction between social and psychological factors.
  • relationship — a connection, association, or involvement.
  • sailing ship — a large ship equipped with sails.
  • 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.
  • scopophiliac — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
  • scoptophilia — the obtaining of sexual pleasure by looking at nude bodies, erotic photographs, etc.
  • scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
  • seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
  • shrimp plant — a small, sprawling shrub, Justicia brandegeana (or Beloperone guttata), of the acanthus family, native to Mexico, having small white flowers protruding from a series of overlapping reddish bracts and often cultivated as a houseplant.
  • single-phase — noting or pertaining to a circuit having an alternating current with one phase or with phases differing by 180°.
  • slap dashing — slab dashing.
  • slipper bath — a bath in the shape of a slipper, with a covered end
  • sophomorical — characteristic of a sophomore
  • space flight — journey into outer space
  • spanish heel — a high, curved heel with a straight heel breast, used on women's shoes.
  • spasmophilia — a condition in which only moderate mechanical or electrical stimulation produces spasms, convulsions, or tetany.
  • spasmophilic — of or noting spasmophilia.
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • sphericality — the state of being a sphere
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • stabilograph — an instrument for measuring body sway.
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