12-letter words containing a, n, o, t, h, e
- 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.
- cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
- canine tooth — canine (def 2).
- chaetognaths — Plural form of chaetognath.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chloroethane — ethyl chloride.
- 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)
- 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
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- death notice — a public announcement, e.g. in a newspaper, that someone has died
- dechlorinate — to remove chlorine from (a substance)
- detectaphone — a device for listening secretly to others' telephone conversations
- diazomethane — a yellow odourless explosive gas, used as a methylating agent. Formula: CH2:N:N
- down-at-heel — of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- down-hearted — dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- earth almond — chufa.
- earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue-shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil.
- earth-moving — Earth-moving equipment is machinery that is used for digging and moving large amounts of soil.
- east lothian — a historic county in SE Scotland.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- echolocation — the general method of locating objects by determining the time for an echo to return and the direction from which it returns, as by radar or sonar.
- enantiomorph — Each of two crystalline or other geometric forms that are mirror images of each other.
- enantiopathy — the treatment of disease by opposites; allopathy
- enarthrodial — Relating to an enarthrosis.
- encompasseth — Archaic third-person singular form of encompass.
- encroachment — Intrusion on a person's territory, rights, etc.
- endothelioma — Any of various mostly benign neoplasms derived from the endothelium of blood vessels or lymph channels.
- endotracheal — Situated or occurring within or performed by way of the trachea.
- enhypostasia — personalities existing in union (Jesus Christ and God the Son)