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12-letter words containing a, c, n, t, h, e

  • callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
  • calycanthemy — the abnormal development of the calyx of a flower into a structure resembling a corolla
  • 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.
  • canine tooth — canine (def 2).
  • cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
  • cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
  • catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
  • 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
  • chaetognaths — Plural form of chaetognath.
  • chain letter — A chain letter is a letter, often with a promise of money, that is sent to several people who send copies on to several more people. Chain letters are illegal in some countries.
  • chalcanthite — a blue secondary mineral consisting of hydrated copper sulphate in triclinic crystalline form. Formula: CuSO4.5H2O
  • change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
  • change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
  • changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
  • channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
  • chanterelles — Plural form of chanterelle.
  • chanticleers — Plural form of chanticleer.
  • chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
  • chastisement — Chastisement is the same as punishment.
  • chastizement — Alternative form of chastisement.
  • 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.
  • chateau wine — a wine produced from any of certain vineyards in the Bordeaux region of France
  • cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
  • chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
  • chiantishire — a nickname for Tuscany
  • chichen itza — a village in Yucatán state in Mexico: site of important Mayan ruins
  • chieftainess — a female chieftain
  • china closet — a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
  • chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
  • chinese date — an Old World tree, Ziziphus jujuba, thriving in hot, dry regions.
  • chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
  • chloroethane — ethyl chloride.
  • christianise — to make Christian.
  • christianite — (mineral) alternative name of phillipsite.
  • christianize — to make Christian or convert to Christianity
  • chromonemata — a chromosome thread that is relatively uncoiled at early prophase but assumes a spiral form at metaphase.
  • chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
  • cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
  • cinematheque — a small intimate cinema
  • coelacanthic — of or relating to the coelacanth
  • coenesthesia — general awareness of one's own body
  • come to hand — to become available; be received
  • 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
  • constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
  • counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
  • countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm
  • counterearth — (in Pythagorean astronomy) a planet, out of sight from our part of the earth, whose shadow upon the sun and moon, cast by a central fire that is also out of sight, causes the eclipses.
  • countermarch — to march or cause to march back along the same route
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