12-letter words containing a, c, h, e, n, l
- channelizing — Present participle of channelize.
- chanterelles — Plural form of chanterelle.
- chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
- chaplinesque — characteristic of or resembling the comedy or filmmaking style of Charlie Chaplin.
- charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
- chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
- cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chenin blanc — a white grape grown in the Loire region of France and in South Africa, California, New Zealand, and elsewhere, used for making wine
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
- chiliahedron — a thousand-sided polyhedron
- chilien shan — Qilian Shan.
- china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
- chinese leaf — the edible leaves of a Chinese cabbage
- chinese wall — a notional barrier between the parts of a business, esp between the market makers and brokers of a stock-exchange business, across which no information should pass to the detriment of clients
- chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
- chloroethane — ethyl chloride.
- clannishness — of, relating to, or characteristic of a clan.
- clean-handed — free from wrongdoing; guiltless.
- clean-shaven — If a man is clean-shaven, he does not have a beard or a moustache.
- cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
- cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
- close-shaven — (of hair) cut very short
- closed chain — any structural arrangement, used in the models and formulas of molecules, consisting of a chain of atoms that forms a closed geometric figure; ring
- coelacanthic — of or relating to the coelacanth
- commonwealth — The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule.
- concert hall — a hall where concerts are performed
- coronal hole — a part of the solar corona that appears dark on optical and x-ray images and is characterized by low temperature and low density.
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- cyclohexanol — (organic compound) The alicyclic alcohol derived from cyclohexane by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group.
- data channel — (communications) A channel (on a BRI or PRI line) used to carry control information, to set up connections on the associated bearer channels. The name wasn't too bad back when users were sending voice (not data) over the bearer channels, but in 1997 it's quite a misnomer.
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- diencephalic — Of or pertaining to the diencephalon.
- diencephalon — the posterior section of the forebrain.
- duplex chain — a roller chain having two sets of rollers linked together, used for heavy-duty applications
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- echolocation — the general method of locating objects by determining the time for an echo to return and the direction from which it returns, as by radar or sonar.
- elasmobranch — A cartilaginous fish of a group that comprises the sharks, rays, and skates.
- encephalitic — Of or pertaining to encephalitis.
- encephalitis — Inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction.
- enchantingly — In an enchanting manner.
- endochondral — occurring, or present, in cartilage
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- enharmonical — relating to the enharmonic scale
- epencephalon — the cerebellum and pons Varolii
- ethnological — Of or pertaining to ethnology.
- euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
- exchangeable — Able to be exchanged.
- focal length — the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane. Symbol: f.