12-letter words containing a, c, t, h, e
- st.-eustache — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
- star chamber — a former court of inquisitorial and criminal jurisdiction in England that sat without a jury and that became noted for its arbitrary methods and severe punishments, abolished 1641.
- starchedness — the condition or quality of being starched
- state church — established church.
- state school — A state school is a school that is controlled and funded by the government or a local authority, and which children can attend without having to pay.
- steeplechase — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stern chaser — a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.
- stern-chaser — a cannon mounted at or near the stern of a sailing ship, facing aft.
- stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
- stomach ache — pain in gut
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
- stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
- strip-search — to search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) especially for concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse.
- switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
- sycophantize — to act the sycophant
- synaesthetic — synesthesia.
- tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
- tactile hair — any highly sensitive hair of an animal, as the whiskers of a cat or hairs on a hedgehog's snout.
- take chances — to behave in a risky manner
- tallahatchie — a river in N Mississippi, flowing SW and joining the Yalobusha River to form the Yazoo River. 230 miles (371 km) long.
- tampico hemp — a stiff fiber obtained from the leaves of various species of Agave, as A. falcata or A. sisalana.
- tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
- tape machine — a tape recorder.
- teachability — capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.
- teacher bird — the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
- teaching aid — material used by a teacher to supplement classroom instruction or to stimulate the interest of students.
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- technicality — technical character.
- technicalize — to make technical
- technobabble — incomprehensible technical language or jargon.
- technobandit — a person who steals technological secrets, as from the government or a place of employment, and sells them to agents of foreign governments or to competing firms.
- technocratic — of, relating to, or designating a technocrat or technocracy.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- technomaniac — a person with an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
- technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
- technophobia — abnormal fear of or anxiety about the effects of advanced technology.
- telolecithal — having an accumulation of yolk near the vegetal pole, as the large-yolked eggs or ova of reptiles and birds.
- tenochtitlan — the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.
- tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
- terephthalic — relating to, designating, or derived from terephthalic acid or its derivatives
- tetrachotomy — the segmentation of something into four parts
- tetradrachma — a silver coin of ancient Greece, equal to four drachmas.
- tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
- thalassaemic — a person who has the blood disorder thalassaemia
- the alliance — the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party acting or regarded as a political entity from 1981 to 1988
- the analects — a collection of Confucius' teachings
- the ancients — the people who lived in ancient times