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12-letter words containing a, e, r, o, t, h

  • authorizable — able to be authorized
  • autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
  • azathioprine — a synthetic drug that suppresses the normal immune responses of the body and is administered orally during and after organ transplantation and also in certain types of autoimmune disease. Formula: C9H7N7O2S
  • baby brother — a younger brother
  • bachelorette — A bachelorette is a woman who has never married.
  • baton charge — A baton charge is an attacking forward movement made by a large group of policemen carrying batons.
  • battleworthy — capable of engaging in combat; ready for battle: a decline in the nation's battleworthy forces.
  • bean-shooter — peashooter.
  • beaver cloth — beaver1 (def 8).
  • blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
  • blastosphere — blastula
  • bletheration — nonsense!
  • block heater — an electrically operated immersion heater fitted either to enter the water hose or the water jacket surrounding the cylinder block of a motor to warm the coolant in cold weather.
  • bottlewasher — a person or machine that washes bottles.
  • branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
  • breakthrough — A breakthrough is an important development or achievement.
  • breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
  • breath group — a sequence of sounds articulated in the course of a single exhalation; an utterance or part of an utterance produced between pauses for breath.
  • broken heart — If you say that someone has a broken heart, you mean that they are very sad, for example because a love affair has ended unhappily.
  • bromomethane — methyl bromide.
  • camphor tree — a lauraceous evergreen E Asian tree, Cinnamomum camphora, whose aromatic wood yields camphor
  • carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
  • cartographer — A cartographer is a person whose job is drawing maps.
  • case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
  • cataphoreses — Plural form of cataphoresis.
  • cataphoresis — electrophoresis
  • catastrophes — Plural form of catastrophe.
  • cathetometer — an instrument measuring minute height differences
  • 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
  • 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
  • cerebropathy — A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
  • chaetiferous — having bristles
  • 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 front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
  • 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
  • chart topper — a singer, band or video that comes top in the charts
  • charterhouse — a Carthusian monastery
  • chatterboxes — Plural form of chatterbox.
  • chemotherapy — Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease using chemicals. It is often used in treating cancer.
  • chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
  • chlorapatite — (mineral) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.
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