12-letter words containing a, r, c, h, g
- nightcrawler — An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings.
- nonbreaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- north-facing — facing towards the north
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- oligarchical — of, relating to, or having the form of an oligarchy.
- orange march — a parade on Orangemen's day
- orographical — relating to the study of mountains
- orthognathic — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- orthographic — of or relating to orthography.
- oscillograph — a device for recording the wave-forms of changing currents, voltages, or any other quantity that can be translated into electric energy, as sound waves.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- phonographic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a phonograph.
- photographic — of or relating to photography.
- phrygian cap — a soft, conical cap represented in ancient Greek art as part of Phrygian dress and associated, since the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the liberty cap.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- pictographic — a pictorial sign or symbol.
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- planographic — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- pornographic — sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, whose purpose is to elicit sexual arousal.
- pre-teaching — to impart knowledge of or skill in; give instruction in: She teaches mathematics. Synonyms: coach.
- predischarge — of or pertaining to the period prior to discharge, esp prior to discharge from hospital or from employment
- psychography — the supposed writing of a spirit or medium
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- racing yacht — a yacht used in sailing races
- rat-catching — the job of destroying or driving away vermin, esp rats
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- re-challenge — to challenge (someone or something) again
- reaching jib — genoa.
- rechargeable — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- ring changes — to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one's name; to change one's opinion; to change the course of history.
- ring machine — a Linotype used primarily for making corrections.
- sarcophagous — carnivorous.
- scattergraph — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scotch grain — a coarse, pebble-grained finish given to heavy leather, esp. for men's shoes
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- scutch grass — Bermuda grass.
- shared logic — the sharing of a central processing unit and associated software among several terminals
- short-acting — (of a drug) quickly effective, but requiring regularly repeated doses for long-term treatment, being rapidly absorbed, distributed in the body, and excreted
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- space charge — a distribution of an excess of electrons or ions over a three-dimensional region, in contrast to the distribution of an electric charge over the surface of a conductor.
- spectrograph — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.