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There are 17 twelve-letter words containing PHRAS

ANTIPHRASTIC	• antiphrastic adj. (Rhetoric) of, or relating to antiphrasis. • ANTIPHRASTIC adj. involving antiphrasis, ironical, also ANTIPHRASTICAL.
CATCHPHRASES	• catchphrases n. Plural of catchphrase. • catch-phrases n. Plural of catch-phrase (alternative spelling of catchphrases). • catch␣phrases n. Plural of catch phrase (alternative spelling of catchphrases).
HOLOPHRASTIC	• holophrastic adj. (Linguistics, of a sentence) Consisting of a single word, such as "Go." or "Whatever.". • holophrastic adj. (Linguistics) Pertaining to the stage of development where a child produces simple one-word utterances. • HOLOPHRASTIC adj. of or like a holophrase, a single word expressing a sentence or phrase.
METAPHRASING	• metaphrasing v. Present participle of metaphrase. • METAPHRASE v. to turn prose into verse or vice versa.
METAPHRASTIC	• metaphrastic adj. Of, relating to, or produced using metaphrase; literal in translation. • METAPHRASTIC adj. related to metaphrasis, also METAPHRASTICAL.
PARAPHRASERS	• paraphrasers n. Plural of paraphraser. • PARAPHRASER n. one who paraphrases.
PARAPHRASING	• paraphrasing v. Present participle of paraphrase. • paraphrasing n. A paraphrased statement. • PARAPHRASE v. to restate in different words.
PARAPHRASTIC	• paraphrastic adj. Pertaining to a paraphrase. • paraphrastic adj. (Grammar) Of a Latin conjugation: composed of the verb sum with participial forms of the verbs conjugated… • PARAPHRASTIC adj. of the nature of a paraphrase, also PARAPHRASTICAL.
PERIPHRASING	• periphrasing v. Present participle of periphrase. • PERIPHRASE v. to use more words than are necessary to express an idea.
PERIPHRASTIC	• periphrastic adj. Expressed in more words than are necessary. • periphrastic adj. Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory. • periphrastic adj. (Grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.
PHRASEMAKERS	• phrasemakers n. Plural of phrasemaker. • PHRASEMAKER n. a maker of wordy or fine-sounding phrases, also PHRASEMONGER.
PHRASEMAKING	• phrasemaking n. The crafting of phrases; the art of rhetoric. • PHRASEMAKING n. the act of making phrases.
PHRASEMONGER	• phrasemonger n. (Derogatory) One who uses overelaborate or wordy phrases. • phrasemonger v. (Derogatory, intransitive) To use overelaborate or wordy phrases. • PHRASEMONGER n. a maker of wordy or fine-sounding phrases, also PHRASEMAKER.
PHRASEOGRAMS	• phraseograms n. Plural of phraseogram. • PHRASEOGRAM n. a single sign, written without lifting the pen, for a whole phrase (esp. in shorthand).
PHRASEOGRAPH	• phraseograph n. Synonym of phraseogram. • PHRASEOGRAPH n. a phrase for which there exists a phraseogram.
PHRASEOLOGIC	• phraseologic adj. Alternative form of phraseological. • PHRASEOLOGIC adj. expressed in formal often sententious phrases, also PHRASEOLOGICAL.
TACHYPHRASIA	• tachyphrasia n. Tachyphemia. • TACHYPHRASIA n. abnormally rapid or voluble speech, also TACHYPHASIA.

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