12-letter words containing a, c, e, h
- callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
- calycanthemy — the abnormal development of the calyx of a flower into a structure resembling a corolla
- camel's hair — the hair of the camel
- camel's-hair — made of camel's hair.
- camera phone — A camera phone is a mobile phone that can also take photographs.
- camphor tree — a lauraceous evergreen E Asian tree, Cinnamomum camphora, whose aromatic wood yields camphor
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- can't happen — (programming) The traditional program comment for code executed under a condition that should never be true, for example a file size computed as negative. Often, such a condition being true indicates data corruption or a faulty algorithm; it is almost always handled by emitting a fatal error message and terminating or crashing, since there is little else that can be done. Some case variant of "can't happen" is also often the text emitted if the "impossible" error actually happens. Although "can't happen" events are genuinely infrequent in production code, programmers wise enough to check for them habitually are often surprised at how frequently they are triggered during development and how many headaches checking for them turns out to head off. See also firewall code, professional programming.
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
- candleholder — a candlestick
- canine tooth — canine (def 2).
- canvas shoes — soft shoes with a canvas upper
- cape agulhas — a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent
- cape dezhnev — a cape in NE Russia at the E end of Chukchi Peninsula: the northeasternmost point of Asia
- capraldehyde — (chemistry) decanal.
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- carbohydrase — a digestive enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates through hydrolysis
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- carpet shark — any of various sharks of the family Orectolobidae, having two dorsal fins and a patterned back, typically marked with white and brown
- carriwitchet — a conundrum, nonsensical question, or pun
- carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
- cartographer — A cartographer is a person whose job is drawing maps.
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- carver chair — a chair of 17th-century New England, having a frame formed entirely of turned pieces, a back filled with several spindles, and no spindles between the arms and the seat.
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- casehardened — Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
- cash advance — an amount of money borrowed as a short-term loan against a salary, credit card, etc
- cash deficit — the excess of cash disbursements over cash receipts in any given fiscal period
- cash economy — an economic system, or part of one, in which financial transactions are carried out in cash rather than via direct debit, standing order, bank transfer, or credit card
- cash machine — ATM1
- cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
- cash receipt — A cash receipt is a proof of purchase issued when the buyer has paid in cash.
- cash squeeze — a shortage of money or funding
- cash-in-lieu — Cash-in-lieu is payment of cash instead of stock when a stock splits or changes and the shareholder only owns a partial share.
- cash-starved — A cash-starved company or organization does not have enough money to operate properly, usually because another organization, such as the government, is not giving them the money that they need.
- cashew apple — the soft, swollen, pear-shaped stalk of the cashew tree, to which a cashew nut is attached: used in preserves and wine.
- catachrestic — Constituting or related to catachresis.
- cataphoreses — Plural form of cataphoresis.
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- cataphracted — covered with an armor of horny or bony plates or scales.
- catastrophes — Plural form of catastrophe.
- catch phrase — a phrase that attracts or is meant to attract attention.
- catch-phrase — A catch-phrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.
- catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
- catchphrases — Plural form of catchphrase.
- catechetical — of or relating to teaching by question and answer
- catechumenal — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
- catherine ii — known as Catherine the Great. 1729–96, empress of Russia (1762–96), during whose reign Russia extended her boundaries at the expense of Turkey, Sweden, and Poland: she was a patron of literature and the arts
- catheterized — Simple past tense and past participle of catheterize.