12-letter words containing a, c, h, i, s
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- dichromatism — the quality or condition of being dichromatic
- dictatorship — Dictatorship is government by a dictator.
- ding an sich — thing-in-itself.
- disaccharide — any of a group of carbohydrates, as sucrose or lactose, that yield monosaccharides on hydrolysis.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- disenchanted — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
- disenchanter — One who disenchants.
- disfranchise — to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship, as of the right to vote.
- dispatch box — a case or box used to hold valuables or documents, esp official state documents
- dispatchable — Capable of being dispatched.
- display hack — (graphics) A program with the same approximate purpose as a kaleidoscope: to make pretty pictures. Famous display hacks include munching squares, smoking clover, the BSD Unix "rain(6)" program, "worms(6)" on miscellaneous Unixes, and the X "kaleid(1)" program. Display hacks can also be implemented without programming by creating text files containing numerous escape sequences for interpretation by a video terminal; one notable example displayed, on any VT100, a Christmas tree with twinkling lights and a toy train circling its base. The hack value of a display hack is proportional to the aesthetic value of the images times the cleverness of the algorithm divided by the size of the code. Synonym psychedelicware.
- ditheistical — of or relating to ditheism, ditheistic
- duncan smith — (George) Iain. born 1954, British politician; leader of the Conservative Party (2001–03); secretary of state for work and pensions (2010–2016)
- dysaesthetic — relating to or suffering from dysaesthesia
- east chicago — a port in NW Indiana, on Lake Michigan, near Chicago.
- egg sandwich — two slices of bread filled with chopped egg
- encephalitis — Inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction.
- enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
- enfranchises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of enfranchise.
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- enthusiastic — Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
- eschscholzia — Any of the flowers in the Eschscholzia genus, especially the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica).
- esthetically — Alternative spelling of aesthetically.
- estheticians — Plural form of esthetician.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- faith school — a school that provides a general education within a framework of a specific religious belief
- fashion icon — a person or thing that is very well known as being highly fashionable
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- float switch — an electric switch controlled by a conductor floating in a liquid.
- franchisable — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- gatecrashing — Present participle of gatecrash.
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- hack to bits — to damage severely
- hagiocracies — Plural form of hagiocracy.
- half section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- half-section — a part that is cut off or separated.
- hallucinates — to have hallucinations.
- hallucinosis — a mental state characterized by repeated hallucinations.
- handicappeds — Plural form of handicapped.
- handicappers — Plural form of handicapper.
- handstitched — Stitched by hand.
- hard science — any of the natural or physical sciences, as chemistry, biology, physics, or astronomy, in which aspects of the universe are investigated by means of hypotheses and experiments.
- harpsichords — Plural form of harpsichord.
- harvest tick — chigger (def 1).