12-letter words containing a, p, t, h, e
- bathyspheres — Plural form of bathysphere.
- beat the rap — If you beat the rap, you avoid being blamed for something wrong that you have done.
- betanaphthol — a colorless, crystalline isomer of naphthol, C10H8O, used as an antiseptic and parasiticide
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- birth parent — a biological mother (birth mother) or biological father (birth father) a biological parent.
- blastosphere — blastula
- branch depot — one of a several depots receiving stock from the same central supplier
- 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.
- camphor tree — a lauraceous evergreen E Asian tree, Cinnamomum camphora, whose aromatic wood yields camphor
- can't happen — (programming) The traditional program comment for code executed under a condition that should never be true, for example a file size computed as negative. Often, such a condition being true indicates data corruption or a faulty algorithm; it is almost always handled by emitting a fatal error message and terminating or crashing, since there is little else that can be done. Some case variant of "can't happen" is also often the text emitted if the "impossible" error actually happens. Although "can't happen" events are genuinely infrequent in production code, programmers wise enough to check for them habitually are often surprised at how frequently they are triggered during development and how many headaches checking for them turns out to head off. See also firewall code, professional programming.
- carpet shark — any of various sharks of the family Orectolobidae, having two dorsal fins and a patterned back, typically marked with white and brown
- cartographer — A cartographer is a person whose job is drawing maps.
- cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
- cash receipt — A cash receipt is a proof of purchase issued when the buyer has paid in cash.
- cataphoreses — Plural form of cataphoresis.
- cataphoresis — electrophoresis
- cataphracted — covered with an armor of horny or bony plates or scales.
- catastrophes — Plural form of catastrophe.
- catch phrase — a phrase that attracts or is meant to attract attention.
- catch-phrase — A catch-phrase is a sentence or phrase which becomes popular or well-known, often because it is frequently used by a famous person.
- catching pen — a pen adjacent to a shearer's stand containing the sheep ready for shearing
- catchphrases — Plural form of catchphrase.
- 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.
- 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
- chalk stripe — (on a fabric) a pattern of thin white lines on a dark ground.
- chalk-stripe — a stripe, as in the fabric of some suits, that is wider and usually more muted than a pinstripe
- chamaephytes — Plural form of chamaephyte.
- 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
- 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 head — printed material appearing before and usually above the text of a chapter, as a title, number, quotation, etc.
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- 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
- charge plate — an identification plate, especially one from which an impression can be taken, issued to a customer and used to make purchases on a credit basis.
- chart topper — a singer, band or video that comes top in the charts
- charterparty — an agreement for the hire of all or part of a ship for a specified voyage or period of time
- chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chemotherapy — Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease using chemicals. It is often used in treating cancer.
- chi particle — a meson with a mass 6687 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of approximately 1.5 X 10 -20 seconds.
- chiropterans — Plural form of chiropteran.
- chlorapatite — (mineral) A variety of apatite containing chloride instead of fluoride.
- cinder patch — a defect on steel caused by the accidental picking up of matter, as from the bottom of a soaking pit.
- clapham sect — a group of early 19th-century Church of England evangelicals advocating personal piety, the abolition of slavery, etc