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12-letter words containing a, e, r, o, c

  • cathiodermie — a beauty treatment for the skin, which involves using electrotherapy
  • cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
  • cattleperson — Someone who works with, or rears cattle.
  • catty-corner — Something that is catty-corner or kitty-corner from another thing is placed or arranged diagonally from it.
  • cauliflowers — Plural form of cauliflower.
  • cavo-relievo — a relief sculpture in which the highest point in the carving is below the level of the original surface
  • cedrelaceous — resembling or having the characteristics of a citron fruit
  • cefoperazone — A cephalosporin antibiotic.
  • celebrations — Plural form of celebration.
  • centerboards — Plural form of centerboard.
  • centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
  • centroclinal — of, relating to, or designating a rock formation in which the strata slope down and in towards a central point or area
  • centrolinead — a drafting instrument for drawing lines converging on a vanishing point outside the drawing.
  • centrolineal — Of lines, converging to a centre.
  • centuriation — the process or act of dividing land into centuries or equal areas undertaken by the Romans
  • cephalometer — an instrument for positioning the human head for X-ray examination in cephalometry
  • cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
  • ceramography — the study, analysis, and preparation of ceramic microstructures, usually for industrial use
  • ceratopsians — Plural form of ceratopsian.
  • cerebrations — Plural form of cerebration.
  • cerebropathy — A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
  • cerebrotonia — a personality type characterized by restraint, alertness, and an intellectual approach to life: said to be correlated with an ectomorph body type
  • ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • ceroplastics — the art of wax modelling
  • cerotic acid — white insoluble odourless wax
  • chaetiferous — having bristles
  • chain locker — a compartment where the chain or cable of an anchor is stowed when the anchor is raised.
  • chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
  • chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
  • chairpersons — Plural form of chairperson.
  • chalcopyrite — a widely distributed yellow mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron in tetragonal crystalline form: the principal ore of copper. Formula: CuFeS2
  • chalicothere — any of various very large extinct Tertiary horselike perissodactyl mammals that had clawed feet but otherwise resembled titanotheres
  • chamber tomb — a prehistoric tomb with a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
  • change color — to become pale
  • change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
  • change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
  • changearound — the act of changing to a different position
  • channel iron — a rolled-steel bar with a U-shaped cross section
  • channel port — one of the English or French ports on the English Channel
  • chaos theory — a theory, applied in various branches of science, that apparently random phenomena have underlying order
  • chapter book — a children's book, typically a work of fiction, of moderate length and complexity, divided into chapters and intended for readers approximately seven to ten years old
  • chapter room — a room for the use of the chapter of a religious institution
  • chapter stop — any of several markers placed at intervals on a DVD film, enabling the viewer to find and select particular scenes
  • chapterhouse — the building attached to a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious house in which the chapter meets
  • charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
  • charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
  • chart topper — a singer, band or video that comes top in the charts
  • charterhouse — a Carthusian monastery
  • chatterboxes — Plural form of chatterbox.
  • checkerboard — A checkerboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing checkers or chess.
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