12-letter words containing a, n, o, t, h
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- cytochalasin — any of a group of metabolites derived from fungus that interfere with cell processes
- 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
- donald knuth — (person) Donald E. Knuth, the author of the TeX document formatting system, Metafont its font-design program and the 3 volume computer science "Bible" of algorithms, "The Art of Computer Programming". Knuth suggested the name "Backus-Naur Form" and was also involved in the SOL simulation language, and developed the WEB literate programming system. See also MIX, Turingol.
- doomwatching — the act of watching the environment to warn of and prevent harm
- 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.
- dragon light — a herbal remedy for impotence
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- drift anchor — a sea anchor or drag.
- 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)
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- enophthalmos — The posterior displacement of the eyeball within the orbit due to changes in the volume of the orbit (bone) relative to its contents (the eyeball and orbital fat), or loss of function of the orbitalis muscle.
- enthesopathy — (pathology) A disorder of entheses (bone attachments).
- entomophobia — Abnormal fear of insects or similar arthropods.
- epanorthosis — (rhetoric) A rhetorical device or element in which a speaker or writer retracts a word that has been spoken and substitutes a stronger or more suitable word; often done for emphasis or sarcasm.
- epithalamion — A song or poem celebrating a marriage.
- eratosthenes — ?276–?194 bc, Greek mathematician and astronomer, who calculated the circumference of the earth by observing the angle of the sun's rays at different places
- erythropenia — A decrease in the number of erythrocytes, associated with anemia.
- ethanolamine — (chemistry) a hydroxy-amine, HO.CH2.CH2.NH2, manufactured by the reaction of ethylene oxide with ammonia; it is found naturally in a combined form in cephalin, and has many industrial applications.
- etherization — (surgery) anaesthetization using ether.
- etheromaniac — a person who is addicted to ether
- ethnographer — One who practices ethnography.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- ethnological — Of or pertaining to ethnology.
- ethoxyethane — (organic compound) The systematic name for diethyl ether.
- exheredation — A disinheriting; disherison.
- exhilaration — A feeling of excitement, happiness, or elation.
- exhortations — Plural form of exhortation.
- fashionistas — Plural form of fashionista.
- fast fashion — the reproduction of highly fashionable clothes at high speed and low cost
- fianchettoed — Simple past tense and past participle of fianchetto.