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12-letter words containing c, a, l, t, h

  • slash pocket — a pocket set into a garment, especially below the waistline, to which easy access is provided by an exterior, vertical or diagonal slit.
  • slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
  • smallclothes — men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
  • snatch block — a fairlead having the form of a block that can be opened to receive the bight of a rope at any point along its length.
  • space flight — journey into outer space
  • space helmet — a helmet worn by astronauts while in outer space
  • sphacelation — the process of mortification
  • sphericality — the state of being a sphere
  • sphincterial — relating to a sphincter
  • spirochaetal — resulting from spirochaetes
  • stacked heel — a shoe heel constructed from several layers of material.
  • state school — A state school is a school that is controlled and funded by the government or a local authority, and which children can attend without having to pay.
  • steeplechase — a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
  • stickhandler — a hockey or lacrosse player, esp. one who is talented at stickhandling.
  • stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
  • switch plate — a plate, usually of metal, ceramic, or plastic, covering a switch so that the knob or toggle protrudes.
  • tablet chair — a chair with one arm extending and expanding into a writing surface.
  • tactile hair — any highly sensitive hair of an animal, as the whiskers of a cat or hairs on a hedgehog's snout.
  • tallahatchie — a river in N Mississippi, flowing SW and joining the Yalobusha River to form the Yazoo River. 230 miles (371 km) long.
  • teachability — capable of being instructed, as a person; docile.
  • technicality — technical character.
  • technicalize — to make technical
  • technobabble — incomprehensible technical language or jargon.
  • technophilia — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • telolecithal — having an accumulation of yolk near the vegetal pole, as the large-yolked eggs or ova of reptiles and birds.
  • tenochtitlan — the capital of the Aztec empire: founded in 1325; destroyed by the Spaniards in 1521; now the site of Mexico City.
  • tenths-place — next after ninth; being the ordinal number for ten.
  • terephthalic — relating to, designating, or derived from terephthalic acid or its derivatives
  • thalassaemic — a person who has the blood disorder thalassaemia
  • thalassocrat — a nation that has dominion over the seas.
  • the alliance — the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party acting or regarded as a political entity from 1981 to 1988
  • the analects — a collection of Confucius' teachings
  • the classics — a body of literature regarded as great or lasting, esp that of ancient Greece or Rome
  • the cold war — the period (1945-91) of cold war between the Soviet Union and its Communist allies and the U.S. and its non-Communist allies
  • theatrically — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
  • thematically — of or relating to a theme.
  • theocratical — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
  • thessalonica — official name of Salonika.
  • thiobacillus — any of several rod-shaped bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus, inhabiting soil, sewage, etc., that derive energy from oxidation of sulfur or sulfur compounds.
  • thoracically — by way of the thorax; in the thorax
  • torchon lace — a bobbin-made linen or cotton lace with loosely twisted threads in simple, open patterns.
  • touch-tackle — touch football.
  • touchability — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
  • trachybasalt — a fine-grained volcanic rock containing sanidine and calcic plagioclase.
  • trade school — a high school giving instruction chiefly in the skilled trades.
  • trefoil arch — an arch with cusplike intrados.
  • tricephalous — with three heads
  • unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
  • uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
  • uncharitably — in an unkind or ungenerous manner
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