12-letter words containing c, a, h, n
- branch point — Electricity. a point in an electric network at which three or more conductors meet.
- branch water — water from a stream, as opposed to mineral or soda water
- braunschweig — Brunswick
- bronchospasm — an abnormal contraction of the bronchi resulting in restriction of the airway
- brown hackle — an artificial fly having a peacock herl body, golden tag and tail, and brown hackle.
- buccaneerish — of or relating to a buccaneer
- bushwhacking — to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc.
- cable length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- cachinnating — Present participle of cachinnate.
- cachinnation — raucous laughter
- cachinnatory — Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter.
- cacophonical — cacophonous
- cacophonious — cacophonous
- 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.
- cadet branch — the family or family branch of a younger son
- calisthenics — Calisthenics are simple exercises that you can do to keep fit and healthy.
- callisthenes — c360–327 b.c, Greek philosopher: chronicled Alexander the Great's conquests.
- callisthenic — Alternative spelling of calisthenic.
- calycanthemy — the abnormal development of the calyx of a flower into a structure resembling a corolla
- cam ranh bay — an inlet of the South China Sea, on the SE coast of Vietnam: U. S. military facility during the Vietnam War.
- camera phone — A camera phone is a mobile phone that can also take photographs.
- campaign hat — a felt hat with a broad, stiff brim and four dents in the crown, formerly worn by personnel in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
- 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.
- cancerphobia — an excessive fear of getting cancer
- candlefishes — Plural form of candlefish.
- candleholder — a candlestick
- canine tooth — canine (def 2).
- cantharidian — cantharidal
- canvas chair — a chair in which the seat and back are made from canvas
- canvas shoes — soft shoes with a canvas upper
- cap'n crunch — Captain Crunch
- cape dezhnev — a cape in NE Russia at the E end of Chukchi Peninsula: the northeasternmost point of Asia
- carbocholine — carbachol.
- carbon brush — a small block of carbon used to convey current between the stationary and moving parts of an electric generator, motor, etc
- cardan shaft — A cardan shaft or cardan drive is a propeller shaft fitted with universal joints at each end.
- cardinalfish — any of the perchlike fishes of the family Apogonidae, many species of which are bright red with black markings.
- cardinalship — The office (or term of office) of a cardinal.
- carthaginian — of or relating to Carthage or its inhabitants
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- casehardened — Simple past tense and past participle of caseharden.
- cash account — an account with a brokerage which stipulates that the client pays in full for any transactions, rather than being extended credit
- cash advance — an amount of money borrowed as a short-term loan against a salary, credit card, etc
- cash economy — an economic system, or part of one, in which financial transactions are carried out in cash rather than via direct debit, standing order, bank transfer, or credit card
- cash in hand — a payment made directly in cash, rather than through a bank
- cash journal — cashbook.
- cash machine — ATM1
- cash payment — an immediate payment in cash