12-letter words containing a, r, h
- cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
- clothes rack — a framework for holding or displaying clothes in a shop
- coach driver — a person who drives a coach
- coachbuilder — (historical) A builder of horse-drawn coaches.
- cochairwoman — a woman who cochairs an organization
- cock feather — the odd-coloured feather set on the shaft of an arrow at right angles to the nock
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- coin changer — a machine that gives change rapidly, as to a customer, typically operated by a manual keyboard and often used in association with a cash register.
- cold-hearted — A cold-hearted person does not feel any affection or sympathy towards other people.
- coleorrhizae — protective sheath enclosing grass seedlings
- colour chart — a chart with samples of paint colours
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- colporrhaphy — (surgery) suturing of a defect in the wall of the vagina.
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- concert hall — a hall where concerts are performed
- constraineth — Archaic third-person singular form of constrain.
- coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
- coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
- coprophiliac — of or relating to coprophilia
- coresearcher — a joint researcher
- corner chair — a chair having an approximately square seat with a leg at each corner and a back extending around two adjacent sides.
- cornishwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- coronagraphs — Plural form of coronagraph.
- coronal hole — a part of the solar corona that appears dark on optical and x-ray images and is characterized by low temperature and low density.
- corrivalship — the position of a corrival
- cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
- cosmographic — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- coulrophobia — an abnormal fear of clowns.
- 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
- cover charge — A cover charge is a sum of money that you must pay in some restaurants and nightclubs in addition to the money that you pay there for your food and drink.
- craftmanship — Alternative form of craftsmanship.
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
- crash course — A crash course in a particular subject is a short course in which you are taught basic facts or skills, for example before you start a new job.
- crash helmet — A crash helmet is a helmet that motorcyclists wear in order to protect their heads if they have an accident.
- craw-thumper — an ostentatiously pious person
- crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.
- cream cheese — Cream cheese is a very rich, soft white cheese.
- cream sherry — a full-bodied sweet sherry
- creaturehood — the state of being a creature
- crepe-hanger — a person who sees the gloomy side of things; pessimist.
- criptography — (spelling) It's spelled "cryptography".
- crosspatches — Plural form of crosspatch.
- crowned head — a monarch
- cruelhearted — having a cruel heart; lacking kindness, compassion, etc.
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.