12-Letter Words with A,N,T,H,R,O,P,O

• abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis)

• the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings

• A chief legal clerk or notary in Roman Byzantium, and (hence) in Rome.

• One of the seven prelates, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications.

• A registrar or chief clerk in various courts of law, especially (US) in a county court, (Australia) in certain state Supreme Courts.

• (Greek Orthodox Church) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople.

• either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical

• a song in celebration of a marriage

• hormone synthesized and released into the blood stream by the parathyroid glands; regulates phosphorus and calcium in the body and functions in neuromuscular excitation and blood clotting